A man shot by officers Tuesday was holding a gun to a 12-year-old boy’s head inside a parked car after shooting two women and a 16-year-old girl, according to new details released by the Henderson Police Department on Wednesday night.
Shootings
Las Vegas police were investigating two shootings early Wednesday in central Las Vegas.
A woman was hospitalized Tuesday night after Las Vegas police said her ex-boyfriend shot her in the west valley.
Police responded about 12:40 a.m. Oct. 28 to the 4100 block of Don Bonito Street, near East Flamingo Road and U.S. Highway 95.
Four people are dead and another is injured following a shooting involving police on Tuesday morning in Henderson, police said.
Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Brian Boxler said officers were called to the 3800 block of Mountain Vista Street around 8:15 p.m.
The shooting occurred in the parking lot of Pink Dragon Entertainment on Russell Road near Wynn Road, police said in a statement Monday.
Police said officers responded to reports of gunfire on the 2200 block of West Washington Avenue around 4:22 p.m. and found a man with a gunshot wound “described as a ‘graze’” on his lower leg.
The Nevada Highway Patrol and police in Elko are investigating the fatal shooting of an employee at a McDonald’s restaurant just off Interstate 80.
Detectives are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect of the Oct. 11 shooting at the Miracle Mile Shops that left one person injured.
Four officers are on paid administrative leave following a police shooting that left one man dead last week.
A Las Vegas officer who was shot during a June protest recently celebrated his 30th birthday with family at a rehabilitation center for spinal cord injuries.
Police are investigating a shooting that left four people injured Saturday night in North Las Vegas.
The injuries were not life-threatening, and the victims took themselves to a hospital for treatment.
A deadly week pushed the number of homicides investigated this year in Clark County past the number investigated in all of 2019, according to Review-Journal records.