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Las Vegas homicide detective investigates a fatal shooting on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, at Andiamo Apartments in the 4600 block of Vegas Drive, near Decatur Boulevard. Police said one man was dead and another was hospitalized in critical condition. (Bizu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Three unidentified people in handcuffs are taken away by Las Vegas police where police are investigating a fatal shooting on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, at Andiamo Apartments in the 4600 block of Vegas Drive, near Decatur Boulevard. Police said one man was dead and another was hospitalized in critical condition. (Bizu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police are investigating a fatal shooting Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, at Andiamo Apartments in the 4600 block of Vegas Drive, near Decatur Boulevard. Police said one man is dead and another wounded. (Bizu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police are investigating a fatal shooting Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, at Andiamo Apartments in the 4600 block of Vegas Drive, near Decatur Boulevard. Police said one man is dead and another wounded. (Bizu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police are investigating a fatal shooting on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, at Andiamo Apartments in the 4600 block of Vegas Drive, near Decatur Boulevard. Police said one man was dead and another was hospitalized in critical condition. (Bizu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Andiamo Apartments residents gather near where Las Vegas police are investigating a fatal shooting on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, in the 4600 block of Vegas Drive, near Decatur Boulevard. Police said one man was dead and another was hospitalized. (Bizu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police are investigating a fatal shooting Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, at Andiamo Apartments in the 4600 block of Vegas Drive, near Decatur Boulevard. (Bizu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police are investigating a fatal shooting Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, at Andiamo Apartments in the 4600 block of Vegas Drive, near Decatur Boulevard. (Bizu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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By RICARDO TORRES LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
September 18, 2014 - 7:48 am
 

One man is dead and another is in “very critical condition” after a shooting early Thursday morning at an apartment complex near Decatur Boulevard and Vegas Drive, Las Vegas police said.

The shooting happened about 5:30 a.m. in the 4600 block of Vegas Drive.

One man died on the scene while the other one was hospitalized at University Medical Center in a “very critical condition,” Metro homicide detective Lt. Ray Steiber said.

Homicide detectives are on the scene. A woman and two men in the area were seen in handcuffs.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Review-Journal photographer Bizu Tesfaye contributed to this story.

Contact Ricardo Torres at rtorres@reviewjournal.com and 702-383-0381. Find him on Twitter: @rickytwrites.

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