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.

On the morning of July 16, Metro Officers responded to the Guru Xpress Mini Mart to investigate a report that an employee had been shot. Arriving officers found 29-year-old Narinder Singh shot multiple times in the store’s office.

The investigation has determined the suspect is a former employee named Vicente Alvinez. Alvinez had been fired from the store the night before.

Alvinez fled the scene in a white 1987 Mazda RX7, with NV license plates 220-VJV.

Police are still investigating.

Police are investigating the death of 61-year-old Maria Graziose. Police say she was shot multiple times in the chest. No other information has been released.

On May 28, 2008, 52-year-old Maria Elaina Marino’s body was found in a ravine just off the road leading to Lee Canyon.

The Clark County Coroner says she was strangled to death.

Police don’t have any suspects and are asking anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 385-5555.

On the afternoon of May 17, Metro dispatch got several calls from a house saying a man had a handgun and was threatening to kill the caller. Officers arrived and found several people standing around the house.

One of the individuals told officers the man with the gun was inside of the garage of the residence. Officers then heard a gunshot, and broadcast on the radio that a shot had been fired. They then observed a man, later identified as 31-year-old Christopher Tuttle, with a gun through the open garage.

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Officers repeatedly told the Tuttle to drop his gun and surrender, but he refused. Police say he then pointed the gun directly at the officers. Two officers fired at Tuttle, hitting him. He was transported to the UMC Trauma Center where he later died.

The two officers have been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of a coroner’s inquest.

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 57-year-old Sharon Randolph inside the house, dead from multiple gunshot wounds. There was also a man, later identified as 38-year-old Michael Miller, 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 Miller who was burglarizing the residence.

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

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

On April 24, 2008, Metro Resident Officers were notified of a brown, 2002 Ford Escort abandoned since April 22nd on Pringle Way and SR 157 on Mt. Charleston. Officers responded to the scene and found the body of 51-year-old Salvador Gonzalez inside the car’s trunk.

Homicide detectives responded and the investigation revealed Gonzalez had been reported missing by family in the early evening hours of Monday, April 21st.

Police say Gonzalez had obvious sharp force injuries.

Gonzalez was last seen driving his Ford Escort in the area of Valley View and Charleston on Monday, April 21st.

Anyone with information regarding this murder is encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers at 385-5555.

Police are investigating the shooting death of 63-year-old Jean Eaker on February 16, 2008 in the 6000 block of Ridgecarn Ave.

Detectives believe Jean was killed in a murder/suicide plot. They are still investigating the crime.

Allainna McClain was found dead on Sunday, February 17, 2008. She was 24-years-old. Metro Police say they got a 911 call reporting a deceased woman in the garage of a residence in the 8700 block of Isola Drive.

Patrol officers and paramedics arrived and determined the woman was deceased.

The Clark County Coroner has ruled her death as a homicide as a result of strangulation. According to police, McClain’s body was found inside a car by her mother-in-law.

McClain was a mother of two young children.

——UPDATED 04/01/2008——

An Arrest Warrant was later issued for 29- year-old Clifford McClain for the Murder of Allainna McClain. Clifford McClain was Allainna’s ex-husband.

On March 27, 2008, Clifford McClain appeared in Justice Court, was arrested and booked into the Clark County Detention Center. McClain was later released from CCDC on bond.

——UPDATED 04/08/2008——

Eyewitness News has followed this story and has more information here.

A 9th grade student from Palo Verde High School was shot at 1:45 p.m. Friday afternoon.

The victim was transported to a hospital where he later died. The shooting happened as the student was walking on Alta Drive, approximately 250 yards East of Pavilion Center.

The student was walking with a group of other students when the shooting occurred. Police have arrested two teens in connection with the shooting.

The victim has been identified as 15-year-0ld Chris Privett. He was a Palo Verde student.

Police are asking anyone who may have information about the shooting to contact them at 828-2281.