The LVMPD inform the public about the risks of fuel theft and improper storage can cause safety concerns for countless neighborhoods throughout the Las Vegas valley.
One person is dead and two others are critically injured after a suspected DUI crash Sunday morning in the central valley. Shortly after 4 a.m., two vehicles collided at the intersection of East Tropicana Avenue and Pecos Road.
Las Vegas Metro Police Lieutenant Michelle Tavarez provides an update on the barricade situation at Emerson Avenue.
Tick Segerblom along with the Arriba Workers Center protest in front of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department headquarters about Sheriff Lombardo’s agreement with ICE.
On Saturday, January 12, 2019 the Nevada Highway Patrol assisted the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in the investigation of a fatal crash involving an off duty LVMPD Employee. After further investigation and review of civilian dash camera footage the Nevada Highway Patrol Fatal Team has placed fault on both the LVMPD employee and the deceased motorcycle rider.
Two Las Vegas police officers hold their position in the Mandalay Bay hallway one floor beneath the Oct. 1 gunman as rounds are fired into the concert crowd below.
On December 31, 2018 detectives with the LVMPD Northwest Area Command Patrol Investigations Section received a report of the theft of a surveillance camera from the front porch of a residence located in the area of West Lake Mead Boulevard and North Rampart Boulevard. The victim in this case became aware of other residents in the neighborhood who had been the victim of similar crimes.
Woman is killed after being run over at nail salon. Detectives from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Section are investigating the death of a nail salon employee. Lt. Ray Spencer of the LVMPD Homicide Section gives a brief synopsis of the case. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
Woman is killed after being run over at nail salon. Detectives from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Section are investigating the death of a nail salon employee. Lt. Ray Spencer of the LVMPD Homicide Section gives a brief synopsis of the case. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
If you are planning to celebrate New Year’s Eve on the Las Vegas Strip or Fremont Street, be aware that you are not allowed to bring backpacks, coolers, strollers or glass. There will also be an increase in security to ensure safe celebrations across town.
Nicole Beck joined Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officials and Las Vegas city officials in breaking ground for a new Las Vegas park named after her husband, officer Alyn Beck, one of two officers killed on June 8, 2014.
Secure Your Weapons Video: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police share a video with a personal message from LVMPD Officer Jason Cunningham. At age 4 he accidently shot himself but that is only part of his story.
Las Vegas Metropolitan briefs the media on the recent arrests made regarding the 18th street gang.
LVPD video showing suspected robbers in hopes the public can identify them
Officer Involved Shooting Press Conference 10-15-2018
The mother of Tashii Brown, who died after an encounter with Las Vegas police on the Strip, not satisfied after public review of evidence. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police respond to the Oct. 1 shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival and to Mandalay Bay resort in this body camera footage.
Two Las Vegas police officers rush to respond to the Oct. 1 shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival and Mandalay Bay when they are stuck behind a gate at a parking garage trying to get out.
Las Vegas police discuss civilians trying to offer help at the Oct. 1 shooting scene on the grounds of the Route 91 Harvest festival in this body camera footage.
Newly released body camera footage from the Oct. 1 shooting shows the tense moment as two officers crept into a Mandalay Bay hallway to strap explosives to a hotel room door riddled with bullet holes. SWAT officer Levi Hancock placed the charges while K-9 officer David Newton protected him with a ballistic shield held up in front of the door that killer Stephen Paddock had fired through earlier, wounding hotel security guard Jesus Campos. The moment was captured by the body camera strapped to Newton’s shoulder. Newton can be heard breathing as Hancock works. Then they retreat silently back into a nearby stairwell. The whole thing lasts less than a minute.
Assistant Sheriff Tim Kelly discusses details of the June 14, 2018 officer involved shooting.
The LVMPD Commercial Robbery Section is attempting to identify the pictured suspect who is responsible for committing robberies to businesses in the southern part of the Las Vegas Valley during the month of May 2018. The suspect enters the business, threatens the employee with a firearm and demands money from the register. The employee complies and the suspect flees the business.
A woman in her 80s was hospitalized early Wednesday morning after she was beaten and robbed inside her room at a downtown Las Vegas hotel-casino. The woman was trying to unlock the door to her room just before 1:30 a.m. at the 4 Queens, 202 Fremont St., according to Metropolitan Police Department Lt. David Gordon. When the woman opened the door the man forced his way inside and attacked her, striking her in the face and robbing her. The woman was taken to the hospital with injuries to her face, Gordon said.
MGM Resorts International has hired at least five former Metropolitan Police Department SWAT team members and several former military officers in recent months as it strengthens security at its properties following the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The company also hired a former Marine Corps sergeant, who is also a firearms instructor, as an emergency response team supervisor in December. “MGM developed an Emergency Response Team Program as part of our commitment to continuous improvement of daily operations and to assess and address security risks,” MGM spokeswoman Debra DeShong said. Each of the five former Metro officers has more than 20 years of experience.
The Texas deputy who first flagged the license plate on suspected Las Vegas killer Anthony Wrobel’s vehicle outside a freeway rest stop last week is in his first year on the force, a fellow deputy said Thursday. When the Oldham County Sheriff’s Office rookie radioed K9 deputy Taner Blackburn, 34, for backup and to tell him the Utah plate came back stolen, Blackburn told him to stay back until he got there. Wrobel, 42, is suspected of opening fire at Sunset Park on two casino executives during a company picnic for employees of The Venetian on April 15. The arrest put an end to a days long nationwide manhunt that included investigators from several local and federal agencies.
A dispute between roommates led to the fatal shooting of one man in the backyard of their southwest Las Vegas Valley home on Monday, April 23, 2018. (Rio Lacanlale/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police were searching Monday for a Venetian employee suspected of opening fire at a company picnic Sunday night, leaving one woman dead and a man critically injured. The suspect has been identified as 42-year-old Anthony Wrobel. The shooting happened just before 6 p.m. Sunday at Sunset Park, near Eastern Avenue and Sunset Road, where the Strip resort employees were gathered for a company picnic. The victims were taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, where the woman, who was in her 50s, died. The man was in critical condition late Sunday, but his condition Monday morning wasn’t immediately known.
During the month of February, two victims have been identified by LVMPD Financial
Crimes detectives as being victims of a lottery ticket scam. These victims
were approached by a suspect who claimed to have a winning lottery ticket and needed
legal assistance to cash it.
Review-Journal reporters Elaine Wilson and Rachel Crosby discuss the latest information released by the Metropolitan Police Department about Las Vegas’ 2017 crime numbers.