Las Vegas police investigate outside a home at 805 N. First St. near downtown Las Vegas Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, where a man was found dead. Police received two calls, one of which described a domestic dispute between two people. The second call came from a family member who said a man was locked inside the home and possibly had a gun. Metro spokesman Lt. Ken Roman said the man apparently killed himself. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Police respond to a barricade situation at 805 North 1st Street on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. (Bizu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police and SWAT are working a barricade situation Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, near Downtown Las Vegas. Officers responded to a home at 805 N. First St. just after 1 p.m. Thursday where a man locked himself inside, possibly with a weapon, said Metro spokeswoman Laura Meltzer. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A bomb-sniffing robot is seen as Las Vegas police and SWAT are working a barricade situation Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, near Downtown Las Vegas. Officers responded to a home at 805 N. First St. just after 1 p.m. Thursday where a man locked himself inside, possibly with a weapon, said Metro spokeswoman Laura Meltzer. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A barricade situation near downtown Las Vegas ended in a man’s apparent suicide on Thursday, according to Metro.
Las Vegas and SWAT responded to a home at 805 N. First St. just after 1 p.m. Thursday where a man locked himself inside, possibly with a weapon, said Metro spokeswoman Laura Meltzer.
Police received two calls around the same time, one of which described a domestic dispute between two people in the area. The second call was from a family member who said the man was locked inside the home and possibly had a weapon. That caller also reported hearing at least one gunshot, Meltzer said.
When officers entered the residence several hours later, they found the man dead. He had apparently killed himself, said Metro spokesman Lt. Ken Romane.
The identity of the man will be released by the Clark County coroner’s office.
Several homes on First Street were evacuated, Meltzer said, and roads in the immediate area, near First Street between Bonanza Road and Washington Avenue, were closed until the barricade ended.
Contact Kimber Laux at klaux@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Find her on Twitter: @lauxkimber.
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