Man shoots at wife, then kills himself
Las Vegas police said a 74-year-old Las Vegas man committed suicide early Saturday after firing a weapon at his wife who fled their home.
Watch commander Lt. Craig Klatt said the man was depressed and had been drinking before he fired a round at the woman, who called police at 7:23 a.m.
Responding officers tried to reach the man by telephone, but he hung up. They later heard a shot inside the home, on Furnace Gulch Avenue near Fort Apache Road, while waiting for a SWAT team to arrive.
The SWAT team then entered the house and found the man dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Klatt said.
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