Police Shoot Man in Summerlin after Domestic Violence Report
On Monday Las Vegas police shot a man after responding to reports of a domestic violence incident near Tenaya and Summerlin Parkway. The man was reportedly caught strangling a woman and then tried to run away, eventually breaking into an occupied residence. The police then found him and shot him after the man refused to give up his own weapon.
The Nevada crime of battery domestic violence makes it unlawful to commit battery on a family member, significant other or roommate. If the two people involved in the incident aren't related, dating, broken up or living together, the alleged perpetrator would be charged under regular battery laws instead. Typical defenses to this charge include self-defense, false allegations and accident.
Penalties for the Nevada crime of battery domestic violence depend on whether the defendant has past convictions, whether deadly weapons were used, whether there was strangulation, and whether the victim was seriously hurt. A first or second domestic abuse case within a seven year period carries a maximum six months in jail as long as the victim sustained no substantial bodily harm, there were no deadly weapons and no strangulation occurred. But a third incident in seven years carries at least one year in prison even if there are no injuries. A first-time offense with strangulation is also a felony carrying mandatory prison time.
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