Las Vegas Sun

April 19, 2024

Police: Murder-suicide suspected in death of northwest Las Vegas couple

Authorities are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in the northwest Las Vegas.

Metro Police said the bodies of a man and a woman were found Saturday in a Summerlin apartment.

They said it appears the man killed the woman and then shot himself days later.

Metro police was asked to do a welfare check on the couple.

When officers arrived at the apartment, they said the couple in their 50s both were found at the scene with gunshot wounds.

Police said they had not received any domestic violence reports regarding the couple in the past decade.

The names of the man and woman will be released by the Clark County coroner’s office.