Barricade at Las Vegas Strip gift shop ends without injury
Police barricade at Las Vegas' Bonanza Gift Shop
December 9, 2019 - 8:55 pm
Updated December 10, 2019 - 4:19 am
Las Vegas police gather at the store entrance as they work a barricade situation of a woman with a knife inside the Bonanza Gift Shop on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
A barricade situation at Bonanza Gift Shop on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, has forced the closure of Las Vegas Boulevard in both directions. (L.E. Baskow / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A barricade situation at Bonanza Gift Shop on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, has forced the closure of Las Vegas Boulevard in both directions.
A barricade situation at Bonanza Gift Shop on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, has forced the closure of Las Vegas Boulevard in both directions. (L.E. Baskow / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police gather in the parking lot as they work a barricade situation of a woman with a knife inside the Bonanza Gift Shop on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Las Vegas police gather in the parking lot as they work a barricade situation of a woman with a knife inside the Bonanza Gift Shop on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Las Vegas police gather at the store entrance as they work a barricade situation of a woman with a knife inside the Bonanza Gift Shop on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
SWAT officers with Las Vegas police arrive in the parking lot as they work a barricade situation of a woman with a knife inside the Bonanza Gift Shop on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Las Vegas police gather at the store entrance as they work a barricade situation of a woman with a knife inside the Bonanza Gift Shop on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Las Vegas police work a barricade situation of a woman with a knife inside the Bonanza Gift Shop on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Police shut down Las Vegas Boulevard in both directions between Cleveland and Sahara avenues on Monday night while they worked a barricade situation at Bonanza Gift Shop.
Police said a woman with a knife barricaded herself inside the store and began throwing her clothes at officers.
After pepper spray failed to subdue her, she was taken into custody without injury by SWAT unit members about 9:30 p.m., Metropolitan Police Department Lt. David Gordon said in a text.
Contact Alexis Egeland at aegeland@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0335. Follow @alexis_egeland on Twitter. Review-Journal staffer Marvin Clemons contributed to this report.
