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Las Vegas police arrest 1 in shooting in northwest valley

Police investigate a shooting in the 5900 block of Yellow Ridge Avenue in Las Vegas on Thursday ...
Police investigate a shooting in the 5900 block of Yellow Ridge Avenue in Las Vegas on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Dalton LaFerney/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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By Dalton LaFerney Las Vegas Review-Journal
February 20, 2020 - 9:25 pm
 
Updated February 20, 2020 - 11:55 pm

Las Vegas police arrested one suspect in connection with a shooting in the northwest valley Thursday night.

A person called 911 at about 9 p.m. claiming he was shot by his grandfather, according to Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Miguel Ibarra.

Officers responded to a home in the 5900 block of Yellow Ridge Avenue, and took one suspect into custody, he said.

The suspect and the shooting victim were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Contact Dalton LaFerney at dlaferney@reviewjournal.com or at 702-383-0288. Follow @daltonlaferney on Twitter.

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