1 taken to UMC with brain injury after fight in southwest Las Vegas Valley

By Rachel Crosby Las Vegas Review-Journal

8 years ago

Officers gather in a parking lot outside a Rapid Cash, on W. Flamingo Road near Jones Boulevard, in Las Vegas on Friday, March 24, 2017. (Bridget Bennett/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bridgetkbennett

A police line borders a parking lot outside a Rapid Cash, on W. Flamingo Road near Jones Boulevard, in Las Vegas on Friday, March 24, 2017. (Bridget Bennett/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bridgetkbennett

An officer guards a police line that borders a parking lot outside a Rapid Cash, on W. Flamingo Road near Jones Boulevard, in Las Vegas on Friday, March 24, 2017. (Bridget Bennett/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bridgetkbennett

A police line borders a parking lot outside a Rapid Cash, on W. Flamingo Road near Jones Boulevard, where the incident took place in Las Vegas on Friday, March 24, 2017. (Bridget Bennett/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bridgetkbennett

One person was hospitalized with a brain injury Friday afternoon after a fight broke out in the southwest Las Vegas Valley.

The fight began about 4:30 p.m. in a parking lot near the Rapid Cash at 6151 W. Flamingo Road, near Jones Boulevard, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. As a result, one person was taken to University Medical Center’s trauma unit in grave condition.

Metro homicide detectives were dispatched to investigate the scene because the prognosis for the person hospitalized was “not good” as of Friday afternoon, police said.

It was unclear Friday what happened in the moments before the fight, or if those involved in the fight knew each other. It was also unclear if a suspect was in custody.

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