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Trevor Alan Nettleton

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department — Las Vegas, NV

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch November 19, 2009

Age 30

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

The Vigil Panel 158 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 24

Incident

Officer Trevor Nettleton was shot and killed after being confronted by six robbery suspects in his garage in the 1100 block of Emerald Stone Avenue in North Las Vegas.

He had returned home from his shift and was working in the garage when the gang members entered and confronted him.

Shots were exchanged between Officer Nettleton and the suspects. Despite being fatally wounded, Officer Nettleton was able to wound one of the suspects. The wounded suspect was arrested after seeking medical treatment at a local hospital. It was later discovered he was also the suspect who shot and killed Officer Nettleton. The other suspects were arrested a short time later.

On February 8, 2012, two of the suspects pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and were sentenced to life with the possibility of parole in 10 years. two others were convicted of accessory to murder and sentenced to one to 2.5 years in prison. On August 12, 2015, Officer Nettleton's killer, now 27, was convicted of first degree murder, robbery, burglary, and sentenced to life. On September 9, 2015, the last of the six, now 25, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life.

Officer Nettleton was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and had served with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for three years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, two-year-old son, two-month-old daughter, parents, and his brother who served in Iraq.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Nettleton gave the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Las Vegas community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Las Vegas, Clark County, NV

Platform Identity lvmpd.clark.nv.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 19, 2009

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 30

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Trevor Alan Nettleton served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1997) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Trevor Alan Nettleton is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In NV, 82 of 146 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 56.2% of this state's fallen. That is 56.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, 11 of 25 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 44% of this agency's fallen.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

of 25 officers

44% Felonious

NV — Statewide

of 146 officers

56.2% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious