On the morning of August 24, officers with the North Las Vegas Police Department were called to the Fort Cheyenne casino for a shots fired call.
When officers arrived, they found that security guards heard several gunshots in the parking lot and ran to investigate. That is where they found 24-year-old Melchor Aguilar-Bravo dead in the parking lot from a gunshot wound.
Police continue to investigate.
On the morning of August 19, Metro Police responded to calls of a stabbing at the Sunrise Garden Apartments on the 3600 block of El Conlon Avenue.
Officers arrived and found 53-year-old Leo Chavez dead on the scene from multiple stab wounds. Homicide detectives were called and continue to investigate.
No other details have been released.
On the evening of August 11, officers and EMT’s responded to reports of a man shot at an apartment complex on North Lamb. When they arrived, they found 31-year-old Roshii Wells suffering from a gunshot wound to his torso.
Wells was transported to UMC where he died from his injuries. Wells was an Olympic boxer and won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Games.
Officers arrested 26-year-old Roger Randolph near Dolan Springs, Arizona for this crime.
On the afternoon of July 11, Metro Police Dispatch got a call that two gunshot victims had driven in to St. Rose Siena Hospital in Henderson.
Both victims were transported to UMC Trauma. 20-year-old Joseph Masi died from a gunshot wound to the head. 19-year-old Ronald Richards was treated and released.
Homicide Detectives were called to investigate. They found the two victims were being chased by a man with a gun driving a small white convertible. They fled to the area of Flamingo and I-215 where the man fired at Masi and Richards, striking both of them.
Richards and Masi then fled to the area of Tropicana and Ft. Apache, pulled behind a business and Richards was seen dropping a large bag into a dumpster before driving to the hospital.
The bag was recovered by police. Officers say it held large amounts marijuana and believe the shooting is drug related.
Richards was arrested for possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell and booked at the Clark County Detention Center after his release from UMC.
Police issued a warrant Jeffrey Yonck for murder with a deadly weapon and two counts of attempt murder with a deadly weapon. The car Yonck drove during the murder has been recovered. He is believed to have fled the Las Vegas area.
Police are investigating the shooting death of 19-year-old D’Angelo McDaniel.
No other details have been released.
Police are investigating the stabbing death of 46-year-old Calvin Jackson.
No other details have been made available.
26-year-old Edgar Lozano died after being beaten to death.
No other details have been made available.
57-year-old Jack Oldham was stabbed to death on July 16.
No other details have been made available.
On the night of August 3, a Metro Gang Sergeant and Detective were investigating gang activity in the 3700 block of Shirebrook Drive.
Police say the two officers were talking to 24-year-old Anthony Davis, who began walking away from them while reaching into his waistband. Police say Davis then pulled out a handgun, and both attempted to disarm him.
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Davis fired his gun one time during the struggle and the sergeant fired his gun one time, striking him. Davis was transported to UMC Trauma where he was pronounced dead.
The sergeant and detective were not injured. Metro Homicide Detectives are investigating.
On July 28, Metro Homicide Detectives got a tip that 17-year-old Nichole Yegge had been murdered.
Detectives opened an investigation that led them to an apartment on Koval Lane where Yegge had been living. Detectives identified her and found that she had been reported as a runaway and had not been seen for several days.
After investigating further, detectives were lead to a remote desert area south of the Snow Mountain Paiute Indian Reservation, where the body of Yegge was discovered in a shallow grave.
Detectives arrested two people, 21-year-old Anne Osburn and 31-year-old Gabriel Yates, for the kidnapping and murder of the 17-year-old.
They were been booked for and are being held without bail in the Clark County Detention Center.