You won't believe what happened in Summerlin
Okay so, real talk about this town, you think you've seen it all, right? A murder-suicide at a law firm out in Summerlin a couple years back — that was April 2022. Horrible. You'd think that's where the story ends. Nope. Two of the folks who were there, a lawyer and a court reporter, just filed suit. They're saying they got damages from witnessing all that blood. It just goes to show you, nothing here is ever really over.
Here's the deal with what happened:
* Back in April 2022, a lawyer named Dennis Prince shot and killed another attorney, Joseph Melchiorre, during a deposition at Prince's law office near Town Center and Summerlin Parkway. * Prince then turned the gun on himself. It was a custody dispute gone sideways, but in the most shocking way possible. * Now, two years later, a lawyer named Robert Eglet and a court reporter named Clarissa De Leon, who were both present during that deposition, are suing. * They're claiming emotional distress and other damages from being right there when it all went down.
You know, we see a lot of wild stuff on the Strip, but this kind of darkness, the real human tragedy, happens in the quiet suburbs too. Summerlin isn't all golf courses and planned communities. This lawsuit just pulls all that back up to the surface. It’s a raw reminder that even in a city built on illusion, some things are just stark, cold fact. This isn't just some legal filing, it's about people dealing with the fallout of something truly horrific that happened right here in our backyard.
Vegas on the wire — the house always has a story.
My co-hosts on the morning show are always talking about how these things reverberate. Catch them breaking it down every weekday at mornings.live.