A 17-year-old has been arrested in connection with the shooting that left a teenager dead at a Las Vegas house party earlier this month. Police identified the suspect as Elijah Belt-Campbell. He was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Friday and is facing one count of open murder with a deadly weapon, along with criminal gang enhancements. The victim, 16-year-old Jayden Collins …
Las Vegas Shooting
Chaos, Courage, and Community. Inside Las Vegas’ Darkest Night
The time was shortly after 10 p.m., nearing the end of the shift, when an urgent-sounding female voice came over the police scanner. “Shots fired. At least eighteen, possibly nineteen victims. Some fatalities. This is an active shooter.” I heard it myself and remember thinking, Was this real? Nineteen victims? You can generally tell the seriousness of a situation by the tone of the dispatcher’s …
