Overview
- City officials said school-zone flashers at Owens Avenue and 21st Street will be extended starting Friday to cover elementary and middle school commute times.
- Crews will clean and remark the crosswalk for visibility, and Las Vegas is designing a full traffic signal that is 30% complete with construction planned in 2026.
- Parents rallied at the site calling for a crossing guard as Walk Safely LV volunteers helped students cross this week.
- The suspect, Oh’Ryan Brooks, 27, remains jailed on $250,000 bail with an Oct. 21 court date, and an arrest report says he admitted recent THC use.
- Court records show prosecutors denied a DUI-with-substantial-bodily-harm charge on Monday, and local reports say charges could be reassessed following Cristofer Suarez’s death, as CCSD reports 84 student collisions this school year versus 39 at this time last year.