LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police say detectives investigating an earlier shooting fatally shot a convenience store employee after he pulled a gun from his waistband, police said Wednesday.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — An officer with the North Las Vegas Police Department fatally shot a man at a city park after authorities said he threatened to shoot himself and walked toward police with a gun raised.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say three officers shot and killed an armed man who refused to surrender following a chase into an apartment complex in a neighborhood east of the Las Vegas Strip.
BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — Authorities say a man shot and killed overnight by Boulder City police officers began firing a weapon when he was instructed to show his hands.
During Steve Wolfson's term, the DA's office has changed policy on issues relating to death penalty cases and officer-involved shootings. Have reforms gone far enough?
The County Commission has started looking at reform proposals for inquests into police shootings. The suggestions include doing away with the verdict of justified or criminal shooting and allowing police officers and family members to be represented by lawyers. Members of the task force that devised the changes will explain why they think the changes will improve the process or not.
