Suspect injured after being shot by police west of Las Vegas Strip

Las Vegas police were investigating an officer-involved shooting just west of the Strip that left a male injured on Friday morning.

Metropolitan Police Department officers were in the area of West Twain Avenue and South Valley View Boulevard just after 1:10 a.m. when they saw an unregistered vehicle and initiated a traffic stop, according to the department.

As the officers were attempting to identify the vehicle’s occupants, one of the passengers — identified by police as a male — got out and fled, police said.

The male was chased to the 3600 block of South Procyon Street, where he was found to be hiding behind several parked cars in a parking lot. He refused to comply with officers’ commands, police said.

The male then began reaching into his waistband area, according to police, and the officers believed he was armed.

“An officer deployed a less lethal option in an attempt to take the suspect into custody which was ineffective,” the department said in a news release.

“The suspect advanced toward officers, causing one of our officers to discharge his firearm, striking the suspect,” Metro Capt. Ryan Wiggins said in a video statement posted to Metro’s YouTube channel.

Police said the male was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

No officers were reported injured.

The shooting was Metro’s 7th officer-involved shooting in 2025.

Wiggins said more information would be released by police within 72 hours after the shooting.