This is a roundup of all the breaking news from around the Las Vegas valley for August 29, 2018.
4:24 P.M.
A car is on fire on the Las Vegas Boulevard on-ramp to northbound U.S. 95, sending dark smoke into the sky.
Getting lots of calls of smoke at LV Blvd & Bonanza possibly from @CityOfLasVegas Senior Center, IT IS a car fire on the ramp from LV Bl to US95NB, smoke makes it look like the bldg is on fire, it is NOT. #PIO1News
— Las Vegas FireRescue (@LasVegasFD) August 29, 2018
2:19 P.M.
A man driving a green SUV died after crashing into a dumpster in the 3200 block of South Mojave Road, near Desert Inn Road. Witnesses told police that the vehicle drove straight into the dumpster. Traffic delays are expected.
11:48 A.M.
Keller and Rundle elementary schools are on a soft lockdown following a robbery in the 400 block of North Nellis Boulevard, near Stewart Avenue. Police said a person in front of a business was jumped by two men and two women and robbed. The person saw the suspects run into a nearby apartment complex. Two people are detained but it is unknown if they are the suspects.
9 A.M.
The man who was found in the middle of Wild Wind Drive has died. Still no information on what happened or possible arrest.
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7:40 A.M.
Mohave County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were dispatched to a residence in Meadview for a welfare check. The reporting party stated her neighbor had been having issues with an ex-boyfriend and had not heard from her recently. Deputies arrived on scene and observed a woman slumped over inside a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds and a man on the ground with a single gunshot wound to the head. A silver handgun was located near the deceased male. The two have been identified as 70-year-old John Belcher, of Kingman, and 67-year-old Cheryl Lynn Clark, of Meadview.
2:07 A.M.
A man with gunshot wounds was found lying in the middle of Wild Wind Drive near Washington Avenue and Tenaya Way. He was transported to a local hospital. His condition is unknown. No one has been arrested at this time.
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