Man in critical condition after being shot by police officer

Monday, May 15th, 2017, 11:51am

A man is in critical condition after police shot him Monday morning at an apartment complex on West Tropicana Avenue near South Fort Apache Road.

The shooting took place at the Apache Pines apartment complex around 1 a.m.

Police say it started as a domestic situation with a man was threatening his family with a gun. A woman and three children were hiding in a closet while they waited for police to arrive.

The man left the apartment as police arrived and approached officers with the gun. According to police, the man ignored commands to drop the weapon and moved the gun toward the officers causing an officer to fire at him, police said.

The man suffered a gunshot wound to the stomach and he's currently in critical condition at University Medical Center.

No officers were injured... Read More

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Wednesday, May 10th, 2017, 12:13am

Metro Police have asked for the public's help in locating a serial bank robber. The alleged thief is suspected of three crimes in seven days, police said.

The latest incident happened Tuesday at the American First Credit Union in the 6000 block of S. Durango Drive near Patrick Lane.

However, this time, the alleged serial robber may have left with a gunshot wound instead of cash.

The others robberies happened last week near the intersection of E. Desert Inn Road and W. Sahara Avenue.

The man's image captured on surveillance video shows him wearing glasses, a hat, and scarf acting as a mask, over part of his face.

"I saw police and a lot of commotion," Tony Delgado said. "When you see a lot of yellow tape like this, they don't want you in there. That means it's pretty serious."

Police said this time around during the alleged thief's robbery spree a security guard fired off some shots... Read More

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Wednesday, May 10th, 2017, 12:13am

Metro Police have asked for the public's help in locating a serial bank robber. The alleged thief is suspected of three crimes in seven days, police said.

The latest incident happened Tuesday at the American First Credit Union in the 6000 block of S. Durango Drive near Patrick Lane.

However, this time, the alleged serial robber may have left with a gunshot wound instead of cash.

The others robberies happened last week near the intersection of E. Desert Inn Road and W. Sahara Avenue.

The man's image captured on surveillance video shows him wearing glasses, a hat, and scarf acting as a mask, over part of his face.

"I saw police and a lot of commotion," Tony Delgado said. "When you see a lot of yellow tape like this, they don't want you in there. That means it's pretty serious."

Police said this time around during the alleged thief's robbery spree a security guard fired off some shots... Read More

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Tuesday, May 9th, 2017, 12:42pm

A security guard at a credit union in southwest Las Vegas reportedly fired his gun at a suspect during an attempted robbery, Metro Police said.

The incident happened around 11 a.m. in the 6000 block of S. Durango Drive near Patrick Lane.

According to police, the suspect was a white male in his 30's wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt and possibly a mask. The security guard shot at the suspect twice and may have hit him.

It's possible the suspect is being treated at a local hospital.

The suspect was gone when police arrived at the scene... Read More

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Thursday, March 30th, 2017, 7:33am

Metro police said one of their own was involved in an overnight shooting on the valley's southwest side.

At 12:47 a.m., officers were dispatched to 9800 River Trade Street, near Mountains Edge Parkway and Buffalo Drive after receiving calls about a home burglary.

Investigators told 8 News NOW that a suspect armed with a long gun broke into a home in the neighborhood and then moved from house to house in the area.

According to Metro's news release, an officer found the suspect hiding in a backyard and said the suspect pointed his gun at him. The officer fired one round, missing him, and the suspect ran off.

Another person in the area saw what happened and was able to subdue the suspect after hitting him with a baseball bat.

The police arrested the suspect and he was sent to UMC and with non life threatening injuries.

This is the 3rd officer involved-shooting in metro's jurisdiction... Read More

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Wednesday, March 29th, 2017, 10:26am

Police say a 16-year-old boy was arrested for threatening to shoot his high school on social media.

Police arrested the boy Tuesday on charges of making terroristic threats. Clark County School District Police Capt. Ken Young says he does not believe the student meant to follow through with his threat of start a shooting at Durango High School.

The teen is currently being held at the Clark County Juvenile Detention Center.

The teen sent the threat via Twitter on Monday. Some parents say they decide not to send their kids to school and others say the school district did not notify them about the tweet.

CCSD says they typically send out parent notifications in cases where it sees a credible threat... Read More

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Friday, March 10th, 2017, 4:50pm

Metro Police arrested four people accused of robbing taxicab drivers in the south and northwestern parts of the valley.

According to Metro, on March 8, at approximately 2:40 p.m., patrol officers were called to the 9500 block of West Maule Avenue to investigate a report of a robbery to a taxicab driver. The victim told officers after he picked up several passengers near South Las Vegas Boulevard, he was instructed to drive to an apartment complex in the area of South Fort Apache Road and West Sunset Road.

Metro said when the taxicab driver dropped the suspects off at the complex located in the 9500 block of West Maule Avenue, they showed a gun and demanded the victim's money and property... Read More

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