US: Las Vegas journalist Jeff German stabbed to death outside his home

Las Vegas, September 4: A Las Vegas journalist was stabbed to death outside his home and police are looking for a suspect, authorities said. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department found investigative journalist Jeff Deman dead from a stabbing wound Saturday after authorities received a 911 call at around 10:30 a.m. .

Police said the 69-year-old German appeared to have an altercation with another person, resulting in the stabbing in what is believed to be an isolated incident. Sahadevan dies: Senior journalist and film critic dies of severe heart attack in Kerala.

“We believe the altercation took place outside the house,” Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Capt. Dory Curran said at a news conference. “We do have some leads. We are pursuing a suspect, but the suspect Excellent.”

Glenn Cook, the executive editor of Review-Journal, said the German had not communicated any concerns about his personal safety or any threat to him to anyone in the newspaper’s leadership.

“The Review-Journal family is devastated by the loss of Jeff,” Cook said in a statement. “He is the gold standard in journalism. It’s hard to imagine the bright light shining in a dark place without him for years. , what would Las Vegas look like today.”

German joined Review-Journal in 2010 after more than 20 years with the Las Vegas Sun, where he was a columnist and reporter covering courts, politics, labor, government and organized crime.

He is known for his stories about government malfeasance and political scandals, as well as his coverage of the 2017 Las Vegas music festival mass shooting that killed 60 people and injured more than 40.

According to Review Magazine, the German has a master’s degree from Marquette University and is the author of the 2001 true-crime book “Murder in Sin City: The Death of a Las Vegas Casino Boss,” which tells the story of Ted Binion’s death , heir to the fortune of the Horseshoe Club.

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