A 29-hour barricade that involved two hostages and a man firing a gun at police ended peacefully Thursday afternoon.
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Data from Las Vegas police shows there were 57 percent fewer recruits last year compared with 2019, and many other local police departments showed a similar trend.
Investigators believe the victim, a man in his 50s, “was a known homeless man who frequented the area,” the department said in a statement Thursday.
The Las Vegas Police Protective Association filed a complaint this month against the city of Las Vegas alleging officers are in danger while driving homeless people.
After gunshots reported around 1 a.m. near North Pecos Road and East Lake Mead Boulevard, officers find man with multiple gunshot wounds who died at the scene.