“We’re shocked, saddened and angry about his death,” the statement said. In a statement, German’s family called him “a loving and loyal brother, uncle and friend who devoted his life to his work exposing wrongdoing in Las Vegas and beyond.” German joined the Review-Journal in 2010 after more than two decades at the Las Vegas Sun, where he was a columnist and reporter who covered courts, politics, labor, government and organized crime. Telles was questioned by police Wednesday and then returned home, where he ignored reporters’ questions as he entered and did not respond to officers at his door until SWAT units and an ambulance arrived in the evening. Police believe German was attacked about 11:15 a.m., and his garage door was open.
That vehicle, registered to Telles’ wife, departed Telles’ home around 9 a.m. 2, the morning of the killing, stopping several times. Investigators said a distinctive maroon GMC Yukon Denali SUV was seen driving around German’s neighborhood Sept. He said investigators were attempting to enhance it. He showed photos of the shoes and the hat and said they had been been cut up.Ī murder weapon has not been found, but Lombardo said police have “distorted” video that shows the attack. Koren said the items matched those worn by a person captured on security camera video wearing a blaze orange shirt and walking toward German’s home. In addition to Telles’ suspected DNA at the crime scene, Koren said investigators serving a search warrant at Telles’ home found shoes and a distinctive wide straw hat. “We found out later there was additional reporting that was pending.” “Telles had publicly expressed his issues with that reporting,” Koren said. Telles was identified early in the investigation as a person “upset about articles that were being written by German, as an investigative journalist, that exposed potential wrongdoing,” Las Vegas Police Capt. But the killing of a journalist is particularly troublesome,” Lombardo said. He said Telles was quickly identified as a suspect with the help of media, including the Review-Journal. Lombardo is the elected head of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and is running as a Republican for governor.
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