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A Las Vegas police officer was killed Thursday morning after an exchange of gunfire. The officer, Truong Thai, 49, was pronounced deceased at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, Sheriff Joe Lombardo said at a news conference. The shooting took place near the 800 block of East Flamingo Road. The suspect, Tyson Hampton, 24, was taken into custody near East Desert Inn Road and South Eastern Avenue, Lombardo said. The Clark County office issued a statement: “Clark County joins with the entire community in mourning the death of Officer Truong Thai, following his tragic death in the line of duty while...

A laptop computer recovered from the Las Vegas hotel room where Stephen Paddock launched the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history was missing its hard drive, depriving investigators of a potential key source of information on why he killed and maimed so many people, ABC News has learned.

Las Vegas police Monday outlined a handful of missteps, including miscommunication from the U.S. Marshals Office, that led up to the moment two Metro officers shot and killed an unarmed fugitive holding a cell phone in front of a west valley home on New Year's Eve. Eighteen minutes before the shooting, Metro knew nothing about the fugitive, Keith Childress. Though the agency often works with U.S. Marshals to catch fugitives, Metro had its eye on the Strip that afternoon, where about 1,000 officers were working with the Nevada National Guard to secure the area for celebrations, Undersheriff Kevin McMahill said....

Someone else posted a thread here with a story that was written in the Las Vegas Review Journal, before the video survellance tape came out. Below are the video links to ABC-Las Vegas Action 13 News, with Investigative reporter, Ben Deci. We could really use your help and voice. My name is Julianna England wife of Sgt. Mark T. England of the United States Army. My husband has been in the Army 14 years and has served in Bosnia and recently in Iraq. I thought you would like to see what Las Vegas Police did to my husband and see...