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May 11, 2024

Suspect arrested after shooting, standoff with police in Las Vegas

Updated Monday, June 13, 2022 | 4:25 p.m.

Officers were in a standoff for several hours with a suspect in a shooting this morning at an apartment complex in the west valley, according to Metro Police.

Metro received a report about 10:45 a.m. that a person was shot in the 2700 block of South Durango Drive, south of Sahara Avenue, police said. The victim was taken to University Medical Center with nonlife-threatening injuries, police said.

The suspect was believed to be barricaded inside an apartment until being taken into custody by police around 2:50 p.m., according to a news release later in the day.

Durango Drive was closed in both directions between Edna and Eldora avenues, police said. People were advised to avoid the area.