News briefs for June 28, 2004

Monday, June 28, 2004 | 9:24 a.m.

Body found near Paiute reservation

The body of an unidentified woman who appeared to be killed was found Sunday night near the Paiute Indian Reservation north of Las Vegas, Metro Police said.

A couple discovered the body around 8 p.m. near the Snow Mountain exit of U.S. 95. They called tribal police, who later called the FBI, Lt. Tom Monahan of Metro Police said.

After the FBI determined the body was not on federal land, Metro was called and has begun a homicide investigation, Monahan said.

The Clark County coroner's office had not identified the body this morning.

Argument leads to shooting

A 26-year-old man was killed Saturday morning after he was shot during an argument with another man in southeast Las Vegas. Metro Police arrived in the 3800 block of Palos Verdes Street around 4:30 a.m. and found Jason Evans, who had been shot multiple times, police said.

Evans was transported to the University Medical Center trauma center, where he died from his wounds, police said.

Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact Crime Stoppers at 385-5555 or Metro Homicide at 229-3521.

Driver sought in hit-and-run death

North Las Vegas Police are asking the public's help in finding a driver in a hit-and-run crash Friday night that left a bicyclist dead on East Owens Avenue near Mojave Road.

The bicyclist, Francisco Terrones, 37, was traveling west in the 2900 block of East Owens Avenue in the right lane just two feet from the curb when he was struck from behind by an unidentified vehicle, police said.

Terrones was thrown from the bicycle onto the street, police said. The vehicle continued without stopping.

Terrones was pronounced dead when police arrived.

Anyone who has information regarding this accident is asked to call the North Las Vegas Police Department Fatal Accident Investigator at 633-1743 or 633-1390.

LV man dies in motorcycle crash

A 30-year-old Las Vegas man was killed Friday night when he lost control of his motorcycle near Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Federico Alvarez Torres was riding with a group of four other motorcyclists about 11:30 p.m. on Northshore Road when he crashed his motorcycle into a 20-foot dirt bank next to the road, according to Lake Mead Spokeswoman Roxanne Dey.

Torres was pronounced dead at the scene, she said.

Torres' fellow riders told park rangers the group was driving at least 70 mph in the 50 mph zone.

UNLV announces leadership changes

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on Friday announced leadership changes in two of the school's colleges.

Michael Murray, currently a professor at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, on Thursday will take over the newly formed Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies, replacing David Henry, who was director of the college, formerly the Hank Greenspun School of Communication.

The Las Vegas Sun is published by the Greenspun family.

Henry will remain as chair of the newly formed department of communication studies.

Murray holds a doctorate from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and had worked for NBC and CBS news. He also founded and directed the communication and journalism program at the University of Louisville.

Meanwhile, UNLV leaders have named education professor John Readence as the dean for University College, the school's newest degree-granting unit. Readence, who holds a doctorate from Arizona State University, has been a member of the UNLV faculty since 1993.

University College was formed to mentor students without declared majors and focuses on providing students with an interdisciplinary curriculum.

NLV man shot in face at home

A North Las Vegas man was in critical condition Saturday night after he was shot in the face during an invasion of his home in the 2600 block of Glory View Lane.

The man was working in his garage around 7 p.m. when two men approached and escorted him into the home, police said.

Once inside, the suspects bound the man and other family members and looked for money, police said. During that time one of the robbers lured two neighbors into the home and robbed them at gunpoint, police said. Before leaving, the suspects fired their gun, striking the resident in the face.

Witnesses said the suspects fled in a forest green Pontiac Grand Am or Ford-type vehicle, police said.