Las Vegas, NV (KXNT) – Las Vegas Metro Police were involved in two shootings Friday night that resulted in a pair of suspects dead.
The first happened in a neighborhood near Cheyenne and Rampart. After receiving calls about a man with a gun, arriving officers found the suspect outside of his home armed with a firearm.
Police say the suspect went back into his residence, then came back out a short time later and pointed a firearm at the officers. One of the officers discharged his firearm and struck the suspect, who died at the scene.
In the second incident, officers were investigating a homicide that happened Friday afternoon at a home near Jones and 95 when they received a call of a hostage situation in the 6200 hundred block of Spring Mountain Road. Investigators say the person holding the hostage was the prime suspect in the earlier killing.
SWAT was requested and responded to the area. While attempting to take the suspect into custody, a SWAT officer fired his duty weapon at the suspect, who was pronounced deceased on scene. The hostage was rescued unharmed.
The shootings were the 11th and 12th officer-involved shootings for Metro Police in 2022. The officers involved are on paid administrative leave pending the results of the investigations.