Top Las Vegas news: 3-car crash injures 1; witnesses identify man in homicide at truck stop; more

Top Las Vegas news: 3-car crash injures 1; witnesses identify man in homicide at truck stop; morePhoto: Gary Bembridge/Flickr
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Published on March 12, 2020

Read on for the most recent top news you may have missed in Las Vegas.

UNLV announces wide receivers, defensive line hires

UNLV officially announced the hiring of Terrence Samuel as wide receivers coach and pass game coordinator and Chad Kauha'aha'a as defensive line coach.

Read the full story on Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Witnesses identify man in homicide at truck stop

Three witnesses positively identified a Minnesota man as the shooter in an incident that left one man dead at a Las Vegas truck stop on Feb. 28. Mark Doocy was arrested March 4 on a Nevada warrant charging him with murder with use of a deadly weapon for the slaying of Dennis Hopkins at the truck stop on the northeastern outskirts of metro Las Vegas.

Read the full story on www.southernminn.com.

1 person hurt after 3-car crash in central Las Vegas

One person was hospitalized after a three-car crash Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Washington Avenue.

Read the full story on Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Pedestrian struck by garbage truck on Summerlin Parkway dies

Christopher Vandenbergen, 34, of Las Vegas entered the truck's travel lane from the shoulder as the truck was eastbound on the parkway on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

Read the full story on Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Man sought in central Las Vegas gas station robbery

The man entered the Rebel Gas Station around 2 a.m. on March 1 at the southwest corner of North Decatur Boulevard and West Washington Avenue, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call Metro's commercial robbery section.

Read the full story on Las Vegas Review-Journal.


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