Pop was machinery, not gunfire, police say
What Las Vegas police initially thought was gunfire Monday in the east valley turned out to be a pop from a piece of machinery, the agency said.
An employee of a business that was burglarized called police about 1:30 p.m. and chased at least two people into a neighborhood near the intersection of Charleston Boulevard and Christy Lane, Metro said.
When police got to the 5700 block of East Charleston, officers thought they heard a gunshot coming from a home and set up a perimeter, Metro spokeswoman Officer Laura Meltzer said.
Police later realized the sound came from a compressor or other machine, and not a gun, Meltzer said.
Officers had taken down their perimeter as of 3:30 p.m.
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