AP Nevada

Homicides increase in 2021, solved rate high in Vegas area

Published January 15, 2022 8:43 AM

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A newspaper reports that year-end data compiled from multiple agencies in the Las Vegas area showed that law enforcement investigated at least 245 homicides in 2021. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported the total topped 2017, when 264 people were killed including 58 in an Oct. 1 mass shooting at a concert on the Las Vegas Strip. Las Vegas police handled 185 of last year’s killings. Homicide Lt. Ray Spencer told the Review-Journal he believes easy access to guns helped last year become the busiest year for homicides since he began heading the unit in 2018. Countywide, shootings accounted for nearly 70% of all homicides, and 20 victims were under age 18.

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