LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — We're learning more from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department about a homicide investigation underway at a residence near Whitney Librar.y.
Channel 13 attended a media briefing held by LVMPD's Lieutenant Rober Price this morning for more information.
You can watch that full briefing here.
According to police, a call for service was received at 3:30 a.m. from a woman who said she had been battered with a firearm by her boyfriend.
Officers responded to the area of 5000 Haystack Drive, where they heard a gunshot as they approached the house.
Inside the home, police found a man and woman with gunshot wounds. After medical teams arrived, both individuals were pronounced dead at the scene.
"What we believe happened, is a murder suicide," Lt. Price shared. At this time, police said that no other occupants were inside the house.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact LVMPD's Homicide Unit, or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers of Nevada.
-
Las Vegas nonprofit founder jailed on $200K bond for sex crimes charges
Hope for Prisoners founder Jon Ponder was in court Thursday morning to answer for at least 20 charges related to allegations that he sexually abused inmates. Mary Kielar reports the latest from inside the courtroom.
Las Vegas nonprofit founder jailed on $200K bail for sex crimes charges
Jon Ponder, the founder of Hope for Prisoners, was in court Thursday to answer for at least 20 new charges related to the alleged sexual abuse of incarcerated people.
Dog trainer arrested after bulldog dies of heat stroke, arrest report says
A necropsy confirmed the cause of death as disseminated intravascular coagulation and multisystem organ failure secondary to heat stroke and manner as “non-accidental,” according to the report.
Arrest report outlines nonprofit founder's alleged abuse of incarcerated women
Hope For Prisoners founder Jon Ponder allegedly preyed on vulnerable incarcerated women who were looking for help, according to an arrest report obtained by Channel 13.
