Published Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017 | 11:25 p.m.
Updated Friday, Sept. 15, 2017 | 2:48 p.m.
Michael McNair
A suspect has been taken into custody in the shooting death of a man Thursday night after a fight near downtown Las Vegas, according to Metro Police.
Michael McNair, 30, was arrested on a count of first-degree murder and taken to the Clark County Detention Center, police said.
Officers were dispatched about 9:30 p.m. Thursday to the 1200 block of Las Vegas Boulevard North, near Searles Avenue, to investigate reports of a shooting, police said. They found a man, about 40 years old, on a sidewalk suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, police said.
The victim, whose name has not yet been released, was taken to University Medical Center, where he later died, police said.
Investigators determined he had been in a physical altercation with two other men before the shooting, police said.
Officers received information at the scene that the two other men had arrived in a black pickup truck parked in a nearby lot, police said. Officers located a person, later identified as McNair, who matched a description of one of the men, police said.
A Metro motorcycle officer responding to the shooting crashed and was hospitalized with moderate injuries, Lt. Peter Kisfalvi said.
