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Federal warrant names suspects in Las Vegas homicides
| Sept. 20, 2019 :: Las Vegas Optic
A recently unsealed search warrant filed in U.S. District Court shines some light on a deadly summer in Las Vegas…. READ MORE
Police identify man killed in recent shooting
| Aug. 7, 2019 :: Las Vegas Optic
Las Vegas Police have identified the man killed last week following two shootings within minutes of each other. Marcos “Mark” L. Carrillo, 42, of Montezuma, died of a single gunshot wound…. READ MORE
One dead, one in custody following weekend shootings
| Aug. 6, 2019 :: Las Vegas Optic
Las Vegas Police responded to two shootings Saturday — a half hour apart — that left one man dead and a second in the hospital. The latest violence marks the city’s fourth shooting and third unsolved homicide in seven weeks…. READ MORE
Man shot, killed outside Las Vegas home
| July 30, 2019 :: Las Vegas Optic
Las Vegas Police are investigating the city’s second homicide in just over four weeks. According to LVPD, 48-year-old Leroy “Smurf” Lucero, of Las Vegas, was shot and killed around 11:30 p.m on Monday, July 22… READ MORE
Beloved Northern New Mexico singer killed in Santa Fe shooting
| July 12, 2019 :: Las Vegas Optic
Award-winning singer and songwriter Ernestine Romero and her husband, Jessie Saucedo, were found dead in Santa Fe Thursday afternoon. Romero had just celebrated her birthday a day before… READ MORE
Police confirm victim in June homicide, seek unknown suspect
| July 18, 2019 :: Las Vegas Optic
Police have identified the man shot and killed inside a home on the city’s west side, more than a month after the slaying took place… READ MORE
Suspect in Rociada slaying held without bond
| Nov. 28, 2018 :: Las Vegas Optic
The man accused of shooting and killing a Rociada man will remain in jail as he awaits trial. William Daniels, 60, was charged in the slaying of 46-year-old Roman Latimer Lucero after the two men got into an argument… READ MORE
Man held on murder charges following fatal shooting of Rociada man
| Oct. 29, 2018 :: Las Vegas Optic
A man is being held without bond following the fatal shooting of 46-year-old Roman Lucero of Rociada. William R. Daniels, 60, was arrested Saturday night following an investigation by New Mexico State Police and is being held at the San Miguel County Detention Center on an open count of second-degree murder…. READ MORE
Las Vegas man arrested on sex abuse charges
| Sept. 22, 2018 :: Las Vegas Optic
A Las Vegas man has been charged with felony criminal penetration and child abuse following a disturbance at a home in Las Vegas early Thursday morning…. READ MORE