Marine veteran Las Vegas officer killed in shooting; armed suspect also dead

Officer Mick Talavera, a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer and Marine Corps veteran, was killed on January 15, 2026, while responding to a report of an armed person at a business on East Tropicana Avenue. The suspect, identified as Marcus Lee, was also found dead at the scene. Details regarding the circumstances of the officer's death and the suspect's death remain under investigation by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

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