North Las Vegas homicide victim identified

By Jackie Valley

Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 | 10:25 a.m.

North Las Vegas’ first homicide victim of the year has been identified as 31-year-old Quincy Lavelle Hill, the Clark County Coroner’s Office reported.

Hill, who was shot Sunday night, died of wounds to the head and pelvis, the coroner said. His death was ruled a homicide.

The incident happened at 10:08 p.m. Sunday in the 2600 block of Ward Street, near Martin Luther King Boulevard and June Avenue. North Las Vegas Police had responded to reports of gunfire, but they did not locate any victims when they arrived.

Twenty minutes later, a police dispatcher received information that two gunshot victims had arrived at University Medical Center, police said.

Hill died of his injuries at the hospital. The other victim, 28, suffered injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, police said.

Police said it appears the two victims were shot in the backyard of a house on Ward Street, then driven to the hospital by a third party. It was the first homicide of 2012 in North Las Vegas.

Authorities urge anyone with information to call the North Las Vegas Police Department at (702) 633-9111. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555.