Las Vegas Sun

March 19, 2024

crime:

Man shot, killed after standoff at Henderson hotel; no one else hurt

A man is dead after an officer-involved shooting Saturday morning at a Henderson hotel, police said.

Also according to Henderson Police:

Law enforcement received a call at 9:15 a.m. about a person firing multiple shots at Hilton Garden Inn, 1340 W. Warm Springs Road near Stephanie Street.

The shooter, described as a man in his mid- to late 30s, locked himself inside a hotel room and had been firing within the room and out the window, threatening nearby businesses. A day-care center was placed on alert.

The man also had been spraying pepper spray outside the hotel room.

When the man left his room, he fired at SWAT officers, then was shot and killed. He was taken to the Sunrise Hospital Trauma Center, where he died.

Police evacuated the hotel, and no one else was injured.

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