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Burglary suspect holed up inside home in western Las Vegas

Updated June 1, 2019 - 11:01 pm

Las Vegas police are responding to a barricade situation in the west valley, where a burglary suspect is refusing to leave a home.

Officers were called about 6:10 p.m. to the 3900 block of Windandsea Street, near West Flamingo Road and South Durango Drive, after a report of a burglary, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Adrian Beas said. A man entered the home and has refused to leave.

The burglary suspect is alone inside the home, Beas said. SWAT team members have been called to the scene.

The man was still inside the home about 9:30 p.m., he said.

Contact Katelyn Newberg at knewberg@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0240. Follow @k_newberg on Twitter.

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