1 wounded in police shooting in North Las Vegas

A SWAT officer felt threatened when a vehicle drove up on a roadblock early today and shot and wounded the driver, according to North Las Vegas Police.

The driver was taken to University Medical Center with nonlife-threatening injuries, and the officer was not injured, police spokesman Officer Aaron Patty said. Neither the driver nor the officer were identified.

Police did not say why the officer felt threatened or if there was a weapon involved, noting the incident was under investigation.

The shooting happened after police responded about 9 p.m. Monday to a report of a domestic disturbance in the 2200 block of Statz Street, near Lake Mead Boulevard and Civic Center Drive, Patty said. The incident turned into a barricade situation, with a man and his family inside the home, Patty said.

During the barricade, an unrelated vehicle drove up just after midnight to the perimeter in the 2200 block of Ellis Street, about a block away from the house, Patty said. The SWAT officer perceived the driver as a threat and shot him, Patty said.

The barricade situation eventually ended with a man being taken into custody, Patty said. A woman was taken to UMC with nonlife-threatening injuries related to the domestic disturbance call, he said.