On the morning of May 3, 2009, Metro Officers responded to a fight at a restaurant. Police found 26-year-old Earnest Allen inside a vehicle with multiple stab wounds. Allen was transported to the UMC Trauma where he later died.

The investigation found that six friends were at the restaurant eating when they began to argue with each other. A fight broke out between the friends, and Juan Carlos Paula pulled out a knife and stabbed Allen and two others.

Officers took Paula into custody and charged him with one count of murder with a deadly weapon, two counts of attempted murder with a deadly weapon, and two counts of battery with a deadly weapon with substantial bodily harm.

The two other victims were later located at Southern Hills Hospital and Sunrise Hospital. They are expected to recover from their injuries.

On the morning of May 3, 2009, Metro Officers responded to a shooting at an apartment complex. When officers arrived, they found 14-year-old Jared Flemming in front of an apartment suffering multiple gunshot wounds. Flemming was transported to Sunrise Trauma Center where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

Homicide detectives arrived on scene and learned that Flemming was having a birthday party at the complex. During the party, three uninvited teens arrived and one of them pulled a gun. Several people from the party began to run and the suspect started firing. Flemming was struck several times by gunfire.

At least one juvenile suspect has been arrested. Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 385-5555.

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.

Around midnight on April 18, 2009, North Las Vegas Police Department got a call of shots fired in the 3900 block of Yellow Mandarin Court.

When Officers arrived, they found 44-year-old Darryl Pickens dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds. They also found 33-year-old Levin Wright in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds. Wright was transported to UMC Trauma where he later died.

No other information has been released.

On the morning of April 16, 2009, Metro Officers responded to a shots fired call near Rainbow and Sahara. When they arrived, officers encountered 48-year-old Tracy Petkovich standing in the doorway of the home holding a gun.

Officers were able to take Petkovich into custody without incident and then entered the home where they found 54-year-old Douglas Teed dead from gunshot wounds.

After an investigation, Homicide Detectives arrested Petkovich for murder with use of a deadly weapon. Petkovich was transported to the Clark County Detention Center and booked.

On the afternoon of April 14, 2009, a female called 911 saying she had returned home and found her husband dead from a gunshot wound to the head. Metro Police Officers were sent to the scene and found 27-year-old Aaron White dead.

Homicide Detectives were called to the scene and began conducting an investigation. Detectives were able to get a suspect description of an African American male, tall and thin, leaving the home in the victim’s 1987 Chevrolet Caprice. The victim vehicle had paper plates and was last seen leaving southbound on lamb towards Charleston.

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

On the early morning of April 12, 2009, Metro Officer responded to a shots fired call on Magnolia Avenue. When officers arrived, they found 23-year-old Francisco Morales lying in a driveway dead from multiple gunshot wounds.

No other information has been released.

Anyone with information is asked to call 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.