Police investigate explosion at Las Vegas apartment complex

By Glenn Puit Las Vegas Review-Journal

4 years ago

A private security guard blocks entry to the Shelter Island apartments, 3770 University Center ... — A private security guard blocks entry to the Shelter Island apartments, 3770 University Center Drive, where police were investigating a possible explosive device at the complex on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. Police said there were no injuries and none of the occupants were in danger. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas police are investigating a possible explosive device at an apartment complex in central Las Vegas.

Police said a “possible device” exploded at an apartment on the 3700 block of University Center Drive, near East Flamingo Road and South Maryland Parkway, sometime after 7 a.m.

“No injuries or major damage,” a police lieutenant said in a text to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Police said detectives who specialize in investigations of explosive devices, known as armor detectives, were on scene. Further details were not released.

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