A Las Vegas police officer was wounded and another person is dead after a shooting near the intersection of Sahara Avenue and Lindell Road. The officer was being treated at University Medical Center for wounds that are not considered life-threatening.
With homicides on the rise, representatives from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department held a press conference to ask the community for it’s help during the “Season of Peace” which the department was selected to participate in. The event promotes communication within the community and runs from June 8-15.
Las Vegas police have evacuated homes in a central valley neighborhood while they negotiate with a man they believe is suicidal and may be armed, Metro said Monday afternoon.
Las Vegas police responded when a man fired multiple shots at a constable and an apartment manager who tried to serve an eviction notice.
A Los Angeles woman claims a Las Vegas police officer choked her and smashed her face into a glass table top in August at a Strip nightclub.
Former Metro police officer, James Henry, was given four years probation on a child pornography charge and register with authorities as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Cactus Avenue east of Decatur Boulevard was closed about two hours Monday after a man Las Vegas police said was driving a stolen vehicle surrendered.
Las Vegas police have arrested a man in connection with the road rage shooting that left 44-year-old Tammy Meyers dead and has drawn national attention.
In a ceremony that lasted under 10 minutes, Joseph M. Lombardo was sworn in Monday as the seventh sheriff of Clark County since the 1973 creation of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
Three children were hospitalized Wednesday morning with minor injuries after they were hit by a car near Hewetson elementary school at about 7:15 a.m. near North Eastern Avenue and East Bonanza Road.
A judge set bail at $100,000 Monday for James Henry, the Metro officer facing child pornography charges. Henry, a 12-year veteran of the department, faces 10 counts of possession of child pornography and distribution of child pornography.
Local and federal narcotics detectives confiscated about $200,000 worth of marijuana plants Thursday in the southwest valley, Las Vegas police said. The team of investigators — from Metro, Henderson police and the Drug Enforcement Administration — collected about 100 plants from a home in the 6200 block of West Levi Avenue, near South Jones Boulevard and Cactus Avenue. The bust went down about 11 a.m.
A motorcyclist was critically injured at the corner of Spring Valley Parkway and Ravenwood Drive after fleeing an officer. The rider lost control of the motorcycle and hit a stop sign while the motorcycle continued on and hit a wall.
Undersheriff Jim Dixon briefed the press with a detailed report on two recent officer involved shootings that occurred on August 3rd and 11th, 2014.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police investigated an officer involved shooting at Calico Fields Street and Balcony Trellis Avenue in the far northwest Las Vegas valley.
At a press conference Metro Robbery/Homicide Captain Csaba Maczala released information on the capture of three individuals involved in a series of robberies in the Las Vegas valley. Surveillance footage shows three individuals who are under investigation.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department furnished the press with additional details of a shooting that occurred Tuesday at the Fashion Show Mall. Sgt. John Sheahan of LVMPD said a fight at the food court in the Fashion Show mall escalated into a shooting. One man was shot in the side of the neck about 6 p.m. The wounded man ran down an escalator and onto Las Vegas Boulevard, then later walked into MountainView Hospital.
The couple that killed two Las Vegas police officers earlier this month planned to ambush more police, Sheriff Doug Gillespie said Monday.
Friends, family and fellow officers packed into the Canyon Ridge Christian Church to pay tribute to Las Vegas police officer Igor Soldo, one of two Las Vegas police officers ambushed and killed Sunday while having lunch.
Las Vegas police had spoken with future cop killers Jerad and Amanda Miller three times since they moved to Las Vegas in January, but never found any evidence that they hated police or were planning an attack.
Kelley Fielder, 42, resident at the Oak Tree apartment complex in Las Vegas speaks to the news media about her friends and neighbors Jerad and Amanda Miller Monday, June 9, 2014.
Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillepie, Assistant Sheriff Kevin McMahill and Assistant Sheriff Joe Lombardo spoke to the media during a press conference at Metro Police Department on Monday, June , 2014regarding the shooting that occurred about 11:20 a.m. Sunday when suspects Jerad Miller and his wife Amanda entered the rear of the restaurant and gunned down two officers.
