By: Las Vegas Now Staff
Las Vegas police scheduled a news conference Tuesday morning to address a recent rash of teen violence in the area.
Undersheriff Rod Jett discussed measures being taken to stem violence. He said he did not want this to be another news conference with rhetoric about a shooting and nothing happens. “I'm so sick and tired of that,” he said.
Jett said that Metro is redirecting more resources at or near schools and working closely with school police. He added that on Monday morning at 6 a.m., there were more than 30 additional officers stationed near schools and by Monday, March 3, there will be more than 50 police officers to beef up presence at local schools.
Jett said even though police will take these extra steps, it is still up to parents to engage with their children. He suggested parents inspect their children's bedrooms and backpacks.
The news conference came less than 24 hours after a Western High School sophomore was seriously wounded in a fight and shooting near a middle school west of downtown. Authorities reported that another student across town was wounded in the arm by a pellet shot, and shots were fired after school near another campus but no one was hit.
The shootings came less than two weeks after student Christopher Privett was shot and killed walking home from Palo Verde High School.
Another Palo Verde student, 16-year-old Gerald Q. Davison, and an 19-year-old, Ezekiel Williams, face murder charges in that case. Last Thursday, a man was wounded by gunfire at an apartment complex a short distance from Bonanza High School. Police said after that shooting that the victim and the suspected shooter were adult males with no connection to the high school.
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