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Eurowings inaugural non-stop flight from Cologne, Germany to Las Vegas prepares to touch down Friday, June 2, 2017, at McCarran International Airport.
Published Sunday, July 9, 2017 | 12:17 p.m.
Updated Sunday, July 9, 2017 | 2:26 p.m.
McCarran International Airport closed a runway for nearly five hours this morning after a man threatened to kill himself and eventually shot himself in the shoulder in front of a nearby funeral home, according to Metro Police.
About 9:30 a.m. police received reports that a man with a handgun was threatening suicide on the grass in front of Davis Funeral Homes on Eastern Avenue near Patrick Lane.
After a standoff with SWAT, the man shot himself in the shoulder while rolling over and was taken into custody according to police. Police aren’t sure if the shot was intentional or not, but said the wound was non life-threatening and he was taken to Sunrise Hospital.
Eastern Avenue was closed both ways between Russell Road to Sunset Road, police said.
Because the airport is across the street from the incident, the east-west runway at McCarran was closed as a precaution, police said.
Multiple departing flights were delayed due to the runway closure.
