Man, child killed in shooting involving Metro Police

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Las Vegas, NV (KXNT) – A man and a child are dead after a shooting involving Metro Police early Tuesday.

Police were called to an apartment complex on Maryland Parkway and Wigwam on reports of a man who was physically assaulting his girlfriend.

Police say they had received a call that a man had fired a shot in the apartment complex parking lot. When they arrived they went to the unit

Names of the man and child have not been released, nor have the names of the officers involved.

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