Monday, Nov. 8, 2004 | 11:12 a.m.
Hit-and-run suspect shot at
Metro Police shot at an 18-year-old driver who allegedly tried to run over an officer and a police dog while fleeing a hit and run collision Friday, police said.
The dog suffered minor injuries when Gilbert Delacruz of Las Vegas drove toward the officer and the dog as they tried to catch him at the intersection of Tropicana Avenue and Industrial Road, police said in a release.
The officer fired at Delacruz, but did not hit him, police reported. The officer was placed on administrative leave per Metro policy.
Delacruz was arrested after a struggle with officers and treated at University Medical Center for cuts apparently from broken window, the release noted.
Delacruz was fleeing a hit and run accident near Flamingo Road and Nellis Boulevard at around 11:20 p.m., according to police.
Suspect arrested in fatal stabbing
Metro Police arrested a 29-year-old man this morning in the fatal stabbing of a woman in an apartment on Warm Springs Road near Eastern Avenue.
The woman's 12-year-old son was stabbed in the chest, police said.
James Valdez was arrested at University Medical Center about 7:30 a.m. He had gone there to seek treatment for cuts on his hands, police said.
The stabbings had occurred about 1:30 a.m. at the Camden Tiara apartments at 2810 E. Warm Springs Road, Sgt. Chris Jones, police spokesman, said.
Neighbors reported hearing screams and one saw the boy with a knife sticking out of his chest and called police. The boy is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at UMC.
Valdez was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on charges of murder and attempted murder this morning.
The victim, whose name was not released this morning, is believed to be Valdez's girlfriend.
Car surfing man in serious condition
A 29-year-old Las Vegas man remained hospitalized in serious condition this morning as a result of his "car surfing" near Decatur Boulevard and Grand Teton Drive in North Las Vegas Sunday, police said.
North Las Vegas police said that about 9:30 a.m. Sunday 28-year-old Natalia Brooks was driving north on Decatur with her husband, Ralph Brooks, on the hood of their vehicle.
She stopped the vehicle when her husband's hat blew off, and the sudden stop threw Ralph Brooks to the ground, police said. Police will decide whether to charge Natalia Brooks based on the extent of her husband's injuries and results of blood tests which should determine whether alcohol or drugs were involved, police said. The investigation was ongoing this morning.
Earlier this year, a car surfing mishap killed a local teenager.
Adasha Edison, 16, died from head injuries she sustained when she fell off a 1998 Chevrolet Blazer in the parking lot of Shadow Hills High School in early February.
Glacier Girl won't be on Fremont St.
The P-38 World War II warplane called Glacier Girl, set to star at the Fremont Street Experience Patriot Party, will not be displayed downtown due to problems that arose with the effort to transport the plane from the North Las Vegas Airport, Fremont Street Experience officials said this morning.
Glacier Girl was originally scheduled to be on display at Third and Fremont Streets Friday through Nov. 14. It landed at the North Las Vegas Airport Wednesday.
Initially the obstacles involved obtaining of the permits needed to move the plane, Lisa Robinson, the Fremont Street Experience marketing director, said Sunday.
This morning, Joe Schillaci, president and chief executive of the Fremont Street Experience, said that after being unable to figure out how to transport the plane without risk of damage, the display was canceled.
The hope now is that the plane can be displayed at Nellis Air Force Base as part of the Aviation Nation air show.
Pedestrian struck on Tropicana
A 49-year-old Las Vegas man remained in critical condition this morning after being struck by a pickup truck Saturday while he was crossing Tropicana Avenue at Rollingwood Drive, Metro Police said.
Witnesses told police that Raymond Lawson was walking south in a crosswalk along the east side of the intersection, shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday when he was hit by a pickup truck. Jorge Munoz, 42, of Las Vegas, was driving the truck east on Tropicana, police said.
Munoz did not yield to Lawson in the crosswalk.
Jett promoted to assistant sheriff
Clark County Sheriff Bill Young has promoted 26-year Metro Police veteran Rodd Jett to assistant sheriff.
Jett, currently a deputy chief, will take over as assistant sheriff for operations on Dec. 4, replacing Mike Zagorski, who is retiring.
Metro's two assistant sheriff positions are second only to Undersheriff Doug Gillespie and Young in the hierarchy of Metro.
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