The mother of a 3-year-old boy who police said was taken hostage and killed by the boy’s father told 911 dispatchers the man also tried to kill her, according to audio recordings of the calls.

The 38-year-old Las Vegas man has been charged with open murder.

An expert in ballistics and use of force reviewed the body camera footage released by Metro and agreed that the the father posed was instantaneous.

The Nevada Highway Patrol released video footage from a traffic stop that led to a trooper firing a round into a woman’s vehicle.

A Nevada Highway Patrol trooper shot at a person who they say pointed a gun at them during a traffic stop early Sunday, according to a news release.

Las Vegas police defended their decision to fire on a man holding his 3-year-old son hostage, saying the man had threatened to kill the boy and himself.

That morning, police received a call from a 7-year-old boy who said his mother was hurt and needed help, according to a police report.

A man who took a child hostage died after being shot by police but not before he killed the boy, authorities said.

A man was shot and killed Sunday morning at a North Las Vegas business.

Police are investigating the deaths of two people found inside a residence Wednesday morning in the southwest Las Vegas Valley.

Detectives were able to identify 33-year-old Curtis Hart and 23-year-old Marshel Busby as the suspects for the homicide in downtown Las Vegas.

Police investigated a shooting in the southwest Las Vegas Valley.

A former police officer was acquitted Wednesday evening of charges he failed his duties to confront the gunman at an Uvalde elementary school shooting.

Police investigated a robbery-related shooting in which a woman was shot in the west Las Vegas Valley.

A man was found dead Tuesday night at a business south of the Arts District.

California Highway Patrol troopers arrested the 21-year-old one day after police say he shot and killed a man in the central valley. Now, he’s an inmate at the Clark County Detention Center.

The Metropolitan Police Department provided more details about a pair of January police shootings.