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 one man dead on the scene from multiple stab wounds. Homicide detectives were called and continue to investigate.
No other details have been released.
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.
In the early morning hours of July 12, Metro Officers responded to 1200 S. Torrey Pines after getting calls of a fight in an apartment.
Upon officers arrived, they found one person inside the apartment deceased from unknown types of injuries. Officers also found a second person who had serious injuries and was transported to UMC where he underwent treatment for his injuries.
A preliminary investigation found that the fight was between the two people found inside the apartment. Detectives interviewed witnesses and processed the crime scene for further evidence.
No other details have been released.
On the afternoon of July 2, Metro Police responded to reports that a female was deceased inside of a vehicle. When officers arrived, they found 29-year-old Sherryl Guevarra-Sacueza deceased in the back seat of an SUV.
Officers say she was suffering from blunt force trauma to the head.
Homicide detectives were called to the scene. Detectives have determined that the suspect, 32-year-old Jesus Roberto Munguia, and the victim were last seen leaving the house at approximately 3 a.m. Family members did not see the victim again until the her body was found later in the day.
Detectives believe this murder was a result of domestic violence.
Jesus Munguia was known to be driving a white, 1990’s Honda Civic. That vehicle was found in the area of Stocker and Tonopah. Munguia is not in custody and is to be considered dangerous.
On the night of June 23, the Metro Dispatch Center received a call from person reporting that a man had been stabbed. The caller was in a car and requested directions to the nearest hospital. Dispatchers directed the caller to Sunrise Hospital.
Minutes later, the person arrived at Sunrise with 27-year-old Adan Moreno. He had been repeatedly stabbed. Moreno succumbed to his injuries and died.
The investigation found the victim and a female friend were visiting in the 100 block of West Chicago when they were accosted by two men. The men allegedly attacked them and repeatedly stabbed Moreno. The female friend was then able to transport Moreno to Sunrise Hospital.
The suspects were identified as 24-year-old Sergio Ramirez and 26-year-old Paul Morgan, both are Las Vegas residents. Detectives identified the two suspects and arrested them without incident in the area of East Sahara and Van Patten Street.
Both were booked into the Clark County Detention Center on the charges of Murder with a Deadly Weapon, Kidnap 1st Degree with a Deadly Weapon and Robbery with a Deadly Weapon and are currently being held without bail.
In the early morning hours of June 8, Metro Dispatch received several 911 calls reporting a shooting at Bob Baskin Park.
Police and medical personnel were dispatched to the scene and found 18-year-old David Miramontes in a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound to his head and 19-year-old Chris Luscombe in the parking lot suffering from a gunshot wound to his torso.
Miramontes died at the scene as a result of the shooting. Luscombe was transported to UMC Trauma in critical condition. He died two weeks later.
Homicide detectives were called to the scene and learned that the victims were with friends at the park when a dark colored compact car, possibly a Toyota Scion, drove by and an occupant fired several rounds at the crowd. The motive is unknown but may be related to various arguments and fights that happened at several graduation parties in the southwest area of the valley.
Police say the car they are looking for is described as a two door Toyota Scion with a lower body kit, custom wheels, a loud exhaust and having a dark “chameleon-like” custom paint job which appears to change colors from different viewing angles.
Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555.
Police are investigating the death of 23-year-old Jesse Avina. Avina was shot to death. No other information is available.
On the night of May 31, Metro Dispatch got a 911 call from a citizen reporting a shooting in the parking lot at Washington and Rancho.
Patrol officers were dispatched to the scene and discovered 29-year-old Seneca Hentz with a gunshot wound to his head inside a vehicle. The man was transported to UMC Trauma where he was pronounced dead early the next morning.
Homicide detectives responded to the scene. The investigation revealed the deceased had been in a verbal altercation with a group of approximately 10 black male teens and young adults just prior to the shooting. He was driving away when he was shot.
It is unknown at this time if the murder is gang related.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers at 385-5555 or the LVMPD Homicide Section at 828-3521.
Metro investigators are searching for leads in a gang-related shooting at a Las Vegas bar that killed 18-year-old Justin Bailey and injured two others.
Police say the shooting stemmed from an argument involving two groups of men at Bugsy’s Supper Club of Las Vegas.
They say one man was found dead in the parking lot from multiple gunshot wounds and two other men were shot in the leg.
On April 4, 2008 Metro dispatch got a 911 call reporting a person shot at the 7 Seas Lounge on west Lake Mead Boulevard. When patrol officers arrived, they discovered a male, later identified as 26-years-old Alphonso Jameen Green, outside the south entrance of the business suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
Green was transported to UMC Trauma, where he later died.
Homicide detectives were called to the scene. Their investigation revealed the victim was seen arguing with other patrons and was leaving the business when gunshots were fired.
The suspect was initially described as wearing a green and white shirt, however the investigation revealed the suspect was a black male adult, in his late 20s or early 30s, about 5′8″ to 6′ tall, about 180 pounds, either bald or having very short black hair, wearing a bark blue jacket, a red and white shirt, dark colored jeans and armed with a small handgun.
He was last seen running west from the business.
Anyone with information on the shooting should contact the LVMPD Homicide Section at 828-3521 or call Crime Stoppers at 385-5555.
