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Police looking for suspect in east valley shooting that injured 1

A man walked into an east valley gas station with a gunshot wound Tuesday afternoon, Las Vegas police said.

Police were alerted about 2:20 p.m. after the man asked people for help in the business at the corner of Vegas Valley Drive and Nellis Boulevard, Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Larry Hadfield said.

He was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center for treatment, Hadfield said.

Police were investigating and had no information on a possible shooter.

No further information was immediately available.

Contact Mike Shoro at mshoro@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5290. Follow @mike_shoro on Twitter.

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