On the night of May 11, Metro dispatch got a call from a security officer at the Excalibur Hotel and Casino reporting that an infant had been found in a trash can by a hotel cleaning crew.

Police Officers and medical personnel went to the scene and discovered the lifeless body of a recently born male infant, wrapped in a hotel gift bag and a pillow case. The infant had been left in a trash can inside a public restroom.

Homicide detectives were called to the scene to investigate. The body had been wrapped and placed into a trash can inside a woman’s restroom located near the elevators to Guest Tower One. An employee noticed the package in the trash and asked for assistance from security officers.

Police say it is likely that someone gave birth to this infant at another location shortly before the baby was found.

Anyone with knowledge of this incident is urged to contact the LVMPD Homicide officers at (702) 828-3521 or Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555.

At approximately 8:45 p.m., Metro Police received a call from a man saying there was a shooting at a house on Rancho Santa Fe avenue.

When officers arrived, they found a woman inside the house, dead from multiple gunshot wounds. There was also a man who was deceased in the garage of the residence, also suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

Homicide detectives were called to the scene and have preliminarily determined that the residents of the house, a husband and wife, had left their home for the evening and when they returned, they interrupted an individual who was burglarizing the residence.

The suspect shot and killed the wife and then became involved in a confrontation with the husband. During the struggle, the husband shot and killed the suspect.

The husband and wife knew the suspect as a handyman who did odd jobs around their home. Detectives are continuing their investigation.

Police are investigating the shooting death of 45-year-old Santos Mercado-Mercado. Mercado died at UMC.

No other details have been released.

Police are investigating the shooting death of 29-year-old Josue Bautista. Bautista died at the scene of the crime. Police believe his death may be gang related.

No other details have been released.

Police are investigating the shooting death of 42-year-old Anthony Davis. Davis died at UMC.

No other details have been released.

On the evening of May 6, 2008, Metro Police responded to reports of a man down in the eastbound lanes of Sunset, just east of Eastern.

When officers arrived they found 44-year-old Jack Strosnider deceased from apparent multiple stab wounds. As a result, homicide detectives responded to the scene and began their investigation.

Detectives learned that Strosnider was seen being chased through Sunset Park by two Hispanic men. Witnesses say the suspects caught up with him near the tennis courts and began beating him. The suspects then fled in an unknown direction.

Strosnider was seen getting up and running into traffic on Sunset, where he collapsed and died.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers at 385-5555 or the Metro Homicide Section at 828-3521.

North Las Vegas Police are investigating the shooting death of 31-year-old Will Bias.

Police say Bias was shot at a house and died at the scene. Detectives are still investigating.

North Las Vegas Police are investigating the shooting death of 41-year-old Irma Medina-DeNajera.

Police say Medina-Denajera was shot at an apartment complex on April 14, 2008 and taken to UMC Trauma. She died six days later.

Metro Homicide detectives are investigating the apparent murder of 17-year-old Joseph Lopez. His body was found Monday night inside of a storm drain.

Construction workers putting up traffic control barricades in the area of I-215 and West Tropicana first found they believed to be a jersey inside the storm drain. Upon closer examination, they
found the victim and called police.

Medical units were called and Lopez was determined to be deceased.

Homicide investigators believe the victim may have been involved in an altercation a short time before the discovery of the body, and was possibly chased inside the storm drain where he was killed by multiple gunshot wounds.

Anyone with information concerning this crime are urged to contact the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Unit at 828-3521 or crime Stoppers at 385-5555.

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