A view of a building where Metro Police say a shooting took place about 10 a.m. on Monday, April 8, 2024.
Published Monday, April 8, 2024 | 10:51 a.m.
Updated Monday, April 8, 2024 | 7:10 p.m.
A shooting Monday inside a law office in the affluent Summerlin neighborhood of Las Vegas left three people dead, including the shooter, police said.
The victims were Las Vegas attorney David Prince and his wife, Ashley Prince, his friend told the Sun. The shooter was identified as Las Vegas attorney Joe Houston II in the incident at the Prince Law Group's fifth-floor office.
Las Vegas police homicide Lt. Jason Johansson said at a news conference that the shooter, a man in his 70s, killed himself after shooting across the table and killing a man in his 50s and a woman in her 30s. Johansson said the shooting in the midrise office building in the Summerlin neighborhood happened several minutes after the hearing began Monday morning.
“It appears our two victims were very specific targets,” Johansson said.
Seven people were in the room at the time of the shooting, Johansson said. The four others, including a court reporter, were able to quickly escape and call police, he said, and the children at the center of the custody case were accounted for and safe.
According to Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill, the shooting was reported just after 10 a.m. at a law office on the fifth floor of a midrise office building in the masterplanned community.
Investigators searched the shooter’s vehicle, a red Ford Expedition, outside the six-story office building after the shooting, Johansson said. He didn't say what was found inside.
Summerlin spans roughly 13 miles (21 kilometers) along the city's western edge, about 30 minutes west of the Las Vegas Strip.
