Las Vegas police address the officer involved shooting that took place on March 15, 2019, at the Bellagio. (Mat Luschek/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Lt. Isaac Henn talks about the implementation of body-worn cameras in the Henderson Police Department. (Bizuayehu tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Las Vegas police showed one clip of body camera footage Wednesday to the family of a man who died in their custody three days earlier. (Mat Luschek/Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police showed a clip of body camera footage Wednesday to the family of a man who died in their custody three days earlier. (Mat Luschek/Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Metro Police Dept. held a press conference Wednesday to discuss crime in the Chinatown area.
North Las Vegas police released new details of a 1986 case involving 3-year-old Francillon Pierre. (Mat Luschek/Review-Journal)
Assistant Sheriff Tim Kelly addresses members of the media regarding an officer-involved shooting that took place on Jan. 27, 2019. The suspect in the incident was unharmed, but placed under arrest and charged with several crimes. (Mat Luschek/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A man claiming to be part of the press refused to leave a press conference at Metro police headquarters, Wednesday January 30, 2019. Officers were forced to physically remove the man. (Mat Luschek/Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Metro Police Assistant Sheriff, Brett Zimmerman addresses the officer involved shooting on January 24,2019, where suspect Isai Rodriguez was fatally shot, either by officers, or self inflicted.
North Las Vegas police chief Pamela Ojeda held a press conference Thursday, Jan. 24, regarding an officer-involved shooting that took place on Jan. 21. The incident resulted in the killing of suspect Horacio Ruiz-Rodriguez. (Mat Luschek/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police released video Monday in an effort to identify a man they said robbed a convenience store clerk at gunpoint last week.
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.
This year’s “Shop with a Cop” event gave about 40 children the chance to shop at Target alongside a North Las Vegas Police officers. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @Bizutesfaye
Multiple Las Vegas Valley law enforcement agencies held an active shooter drill at the Department of Public Safety’s Parole and Probation office on December 6, 2018. Officials set up the training exercise to include multiple active shooters, a barricaded suspect and multiple casualties. (Katelyn Newberg/ Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Metropolitan briefs the media on the recent arrests made regarding the 18th street gang.
Housed in an old post office and courthouse building in downtown Las Vegas is The Mob Museum. (Mat Luschek/Review-Journal)
Police said the man fatally shot by an officer during a traffic stop in downtown Las Vegas had a “homemade knife.” Demontry Floytra Boyd, 43, died Saturday at University Medical Center from multiple gunshot wounds after officer Paul Bruning, 48, shot him during a traffic stop. Bruning pulled Boyd over on suspicion of driving recklessly at 7:41 a.m. near Sunrise Avenue and 18th Street.
Captain Harry Fagel (left) of the Las Vegas Metro Police Department spoke to the media Tuesday, November 20, 2018, outside Metro headquarters. Captain Fagel addressed holiday safety tips. Captain Patricia Spencer (right) was also present for the briefing. Mat Luschek / Las Vegas Review-Journal
Henderson Police Department Chief Latesha Watson Talks Change. (Mat Luschek / Review-Journal)
Family members of murder victims talk about their loss. Susan Nash, 52, was killed in a shooting along with her daughter and one of her three sons on Sunday night. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Officers responding to the scene at Mandalay Bay comment on difficult communications on the night of the Oct. 1 shooting on the Las Vegas Strip.
A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer cycles through radio channels searching for information as he awaits ambulance traffic just outside University Medical Center on the night of the Oct. 1 shooting on the Strip.
Body cam video from Oct. 1 shows a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer using his radio to summon medical aid for shooting victims near the Route 91 Harvest country music festival.
Dead Body Found in Home of New York Giants’ Janoris Jenkins ‘TMZ Sports’ broke the story and said the Major Crimes Unit is conducting an investigation. The deceased man’s body was reportedly discovered by a worker in the basement of Jenkins’ New Jersey home on Tuesday morning. The report also claims the NFL cornerback was out of state during the time of the body’s discovery. The identity of the victim and the cause of death are unclear.
Benjamin Sparks entered a not guilty plea Tuesday Sparks, a Las Vegas political advisor, is accused of domestic battery. Lawyer Gloria Allred is representing the victim. His ex-fiancee told the RJ that Sparks sexually enslaved and beat her. He is believed to be in Texas. Allred warned Sparks: “You can run but you can’t hide.” The woman provided copies of emails, text messages and a signed contract laying out her duties as a “slave in training” to Benjamin Sparks. A police report shows that Sparks evaded police after the domestic dispute at the woman’s home on March 29. According to the emails, documents and text messages obtained, Sparks and his ex-fiancée signed a 5-page contract saying she would be his “slave and property.” Under the contract, the woman was forced to kneel and look down when she entered his presence. She was also required to be nude at all times, have sexual relations with him whenever he wanted and wear a collar in private. Sparks most recently worked on Rep. Cresent Hardy’s campaign, and has since been fired.
Avicii’s Autopsies Did Not Reveal Anything Suspicious Sweden broadcaster SVT revealed on Monday that there were no signs of foul play in the death of the Grammy-nominated DJ. Avicii, born Tim Bergling, was found dead in Oman on Friday. He was 28 years old. On Friday, his publicist, Diana Baron, released a statement: Diana Baron No details about his cause of death were provided.
A man who allegedly tried to use a counterfeit bill at the Aria was hospitalized after he jumped off an overpass trying to escape police. About 2 a.m. Tuesday, security at the Aria flagged down police. When police tried to talk to him, the man fled and led police on a foot chase, according to Lt. David Gordon. The chase ended at the Harmon Avenue overpass above Interstate 15, when the man jumped off the side and landed in the rocky landscaping below. The man was taken to the hospital for evaluation.
Crime scene photos contained in the preliminary report on the Oct. 1, 2017, shooting in Las Vegas show the hotel room used by gunman Stephen Paddock at Mandalay Bay on the Strip.
Heavy doses of anxiety, security and elation greeted the imminent arrival of 2018 in Las Vegas. A crowd of 330,000 visitors was expected to fill the Strip and Fremont Street downtown, as a record contingent of law enforcement officers kept the peace. This year’s massive outdoor party unfolded in the shadow of the Oct. 1 mass shooting that left 58 people dead. Several people said they came to celebrate in spite of what happened three months ago Monday.
Since Dec. 22, 10 people have been killed in Las Vegas. All but one death was the result of gun violence.