On the evening of May 1, 2009, Metro Officers were called to a stabbing at an apartment complex. Officers arrived and found 24-year-old Thomas Minton Jr. suffering from multiple stab wounds. Minton was transported to Sunrise Trauma Center where he was later pronounced dead.

Detectives say Minton and 61-year-old James Peters got into an argument inside the apartment,  and Peters stabbed Minton. Peters was taken into custody at the scene and booked into the Clark County Detention Center for one count of murder with a deadly weapon.

On the night of April 24, 2009, police were called to a domestic violence incident in the southeast part of Las Vegas. When officers arrived at the home, they found 38-year-old Patricia McCreery in the master bedroom suffering from multiple stab wounds to the chest and stomach. McCreery was transported to Sunrise Trauma Center where she later died.

Police say McCreery and her boyfriend,  45-year-old Clayton Wrencher, were separating after being together for 16 years. The couple became involved in an argument and Wrencher stabbed McCreery several times before fleeing the home.

Anyone with information is asked to contact CrimeStoppers at 385-5555.

On the night of April 8nd, 2009, Metro Officers were called to a traffic accident involving a pedestrian in the 3900 block of E. Cheyenne. Police say 22-year-old Juan Mejia-Hernandez had been intentionally ran over after a road rage incident. Mejia-Hernandez was transported to the UMC Trauma Center for treatment. On April 10, 2009, Mejia-Hernandez died from his injuries.

Detectives say the suspect is an African-American man in his mid-thirties with short black hair, driving a gray Ford Focus or a similar compact car. The vehicle may have some damage to the front end or to the front drivers side.

Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 385-5555.

Police are investigating the shooting death of 18-year-old Jose Jimenez. Officers were called to the area of Craig and Puebla on the night of April 6, 2009, after getting calls of a shots fired and a man down in the area. When they arrived, they found Jimenez with a gunshot wound to the head.

He was pronounced dead at the scene. No other information has been released.

On the night of April 2 , 2009, Metro Officers responded to reports of shots fired in the northeast area of Las Vegas. When officers arrived, they found 16-year-old Luis Bernabe laying on a sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds. Bernabe was transported to UMC where he later died.

Homicide investigators were called to the scene to interview witnesses. Investigators say they have no suspects.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call CrimeStoppers at 385-5555.

Metro Police detectives are investigating the shooting death of 84-year-old Sophie Jozwiak. Officers say Jozwiak’s daughter’s boyfriend, John Delong, shot her and then turned the gun on himself.

Delong survived the shooting and was booked for one count of murder with a deadly weapon.

On the night of February 20, 2009, Metro officers responded to reports of shots fired at a large party, near Beasley and Charleston. Officers arrived and discovered two teens shot multiple times.

Both victims were rushed to UMC and where 16-year-old Aric Brill later died.

Homicide detectives began their investigation into the shooting. They learned that both victims were at the party when they were confronted by the suspect. According to witnesses, the suspect produced two handguns and shot both victims. As the second victim was on the ground, the suspect robbed him and then fled the area.

Witnesses say there were several members of various street gangs that had arrived at the party unannounced prior to the shooting.

On the afternoon of February 15, 2009, police responded to a shooting inside a home. Officers arrived at the scene and found 42-year-old Mark Vains dead in the back of the house from a single gunshot wound.

Homicide detectives were called and arrived learned that the homeowner had returned to the residence and was confronted by Vains when he entered the house. Vains was inside of the home and was burglarizing the residence when the homeowner arrived.

Vains was armed with a pellet gun and turned toward homeowner. The homeowner believed the pellet gun was real and fired one round striking Vains, killing him.

Police are still investigating.

Violence erupted Wednesday night in a Walmart parking lot ending with one man stabbed to death.

Police say the 24- year-old Oscar Hernandez was stabbed in the leg and then run over by Jose Torres-Rodriguez. Police say the dispute began when Hernandez’s shopping cart hit Torres-Rodriguez’s car at the Walmart located at Boulder Highway and Nellis Boulevard.

Hernandez was transported to Sunrise Hospital where he later died.

On the night of February 5, 2009, Metro Officers responded to reports of a shooting on Del Sueno Drive in east Las Vegas. When officers arrived, they found three people shot — two of which were dead at the scene. The third victim was transported to Sunrise Hospital where she recovered from her injuries.

Homicide detectives responded to the scene and determined that 42-year-old Ricky Shadoan went to his estranged wife’s parent’s house on Del Sueno after he had been served divorce papers earlier in the day. Shadoan and his wife began arguing at the side of the home when Shadoan pulled out a gun and shot her in the chest.

After being shot, she ran to the back of the house where her father, 61-year-old Richard Green, pulled her inside. Shadoan was able to enter the home and continued to fire his weapon. He shot Green in the chest, killing him.

Shadoan then chased his wife and shot her at least four more times before eventually turning the weapon on himself.

The wife was able to flee to a neighbor’s residence where they summoned help.

The couple have two children who were in the residence at the time of the shooting. They were unharmed.

Both Shadoan and Green were found deceased at the scene.