Las Vegas police release images of possible suspect in stabbing of investigative reporter Jeff German
Authorities in Las Vegas on Tuesday were searching for a suspect wanted in connection with the deadly stabbing of local investigative reporter Jeff German.
In a pair of surveillance images released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, the alleged attacker can be seen wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat and a neon orange shirt with reflectors. The pictured person “was potentially casing the area to commit other crimes before the homicide occurred” on Friday night, police said in a press release.
German, a journalist for more than 30 years, was found dead outside his home Saturday around 10:30 a.m., according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Police said he briefly brawled with his assailant before he died from “multiple sharp force injuries.”
“We take this case very seriously and our investigators have been working non-stop to identify and apprehend the suspect,” Capt. Dori Koren, a police spokesperson, said in a statement. “We enacted our major case protocol immediately following our initial response and are using all LVMPD resources to maximize the progress of this investigation.”
Authorities released surveillance video image of a possible suspect in the fatal stabbing of an investigative reporter in Las Vegas.
German started reporting for the Review-Journal in 2010, following more than two decades with the Las Vegas Sun, where he worked as both a columnist and reporter tasked with covering courts, politics, labor, government and organized crime. The 69-year-old was well-known for his coverage on the 2017 shooting during the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. More than 60 people were killed in the violence and hundreds more were wounded.
“The Review-Journal family is devastated to lose Jeff,” said Executive Editor Glenn Cook, according to the paper. “He was the gold standard of the news business. It’s hard to imagine what Las Vegas would be like today without his many years of shining a bright light on dark places.”
He held a master’s degree from Marquette University and was the author of the 2001 true-crime book “Murder in Sin City: The Death of a Las Vegas Casino Boss,” which outlines the story of the death of Ted Binion, heir to the Horseshoe Club fortune.
Police are asking people in the community to review their surveillance camera footage from Friday between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. for sightings of the possible suspect.
With News Wire Services
