Shooting critically injures 1 in southwest Las Vegas

By Katelyn Newberg / Las Vegas Review-Journal

November 15, 2018 - 11:32 pm

Updated November 16, 2018 - 12:09 am

(Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas police are investigating a shooting that left one person critically injured in the southwest Las Vegas Valley on Thursday night.

Police were called to reports of a shooting at about 9:50 p.m. in the area of Jones Boulevard and Robindale Road, near Warm Springs Road, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. David Sims said. When officers arrived they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest.

The man was hospitalized, but his condition was unknown as of shortly after midnight, Sims said.

Sims said the suspect had not been arrested Thursday night. The scene remained under investigation by detectives.

Further details about the shooting were not immediately available.

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

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