Las Vegas morning update for Tuesday, August 7 — VIDEO

Here are your Tuesday morning headlines:

1. The World Buddhism Association Headquarters is planning to build a temple near the Las Vegas Strip.

The Southern California-based organization bought 12.2 acres of property at Sahara Avenue and Paradise Road, next to the SLS Las Vegas.

The purchase was for $17.5 million.

2. Las Vegas police shot and killed a man Monday afternoon.

Officials say the man injured one officer with a knife and threatened another.

The police shooting was the third in a 48-hour span for the Metropolitan Police Department.

The shooting marked Metro’s 13th police shooting of the year.

3. The city of Las Vegas has installed a new sign to greet visitors of downtown Las Vegas.

The new sign features a pair of 26-foot-tall showgirls, and cost roughly $400,000.

The sign is in front of the Denny’s on Las Vegas Boulevard, just north of the Stratosphere, and will be lit tonight at dusk.

A previous sign welcoming people to downtown Las Vegas was destroyed when a motorist hit it in 2016.

Contact Rochelle Richards at rrichards@reviewjournal.com or 702-224-5505. Follow @RoRichards24 on Twitter.

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