Bodycam video shows Las Vegas officer getting shot while responding to Monday incident

An officer was injured after being shot in her ballistic vest through a door while response to a volatile situation at a burning residence Monday, according to Metro Police.

In a video shown during a police briefing today, the body camera of Officer Zaira Venegas-Hernandez shows her attempting to kick in a door suspect Jason Simmons was hiding behind inside his home as some parts of the house are on fire. Bullets fly, and Venegas-Hernandez retreats as her fellow officers return fire.

The officers were there in response to a call from a woman screaming and saying that her boyfriend, Simmons, was trying to burn her with a blowtorch.

After the officer was shot, responders declared it a barricade situation with Simmons having locked himself inside the master bedroom.

Venegas-Hernandez was taken to UMC Hospital, where it was determined one round hit her vest but did not go through. She suffered an injury to her upper chest from the impact, police stated.

SWAT and crisis negotiators were requested and responded to the scene. The original caller was still on the emergency line and eventually said Simmons had shot himself, according to police.

The woman was found to have burn injuries and a gunshot wound and was taken to a local hospital, where she is still in critical condition.

A teenager, determined to be the woman’s daughter, was discovered in a separate bedroom with a gunshot wound. She was removed from the house to be treated by medical personnel, but she died at the scene.

Simmons was found unresponsive and appeared to have a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, police stated.

“(Domestic violence) calls are one of the most dangerous calls to respond to because emotions are already high inside that residence when they're responding. We go through great lengths to make sure we have good tactics ... that we’re deescalating those situations, and finding a way to bring those to resolution peacefully and quietly and make sure the families have what they need.”

Venegas-Hernandez was the second Metro officer shot in a week. Last week, Officer Austin Abdelnabi was shot and killed in an east Las Vegas shooting.