3 arrested in connection with police shooting in Las Vegas; officer’s ID released
Three men were arrested in connection with a Sunday shooting in which police said they fired at patrol vehicles and an officer shot back, injuring two.
Lazavion Payne, 19, Calvin Richards, 24, and Daiveon Stone, 29, were booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Monday in connection with a shooting involving police in the 5100 block of Hickam Avenue, near North Decatur Boulevard and West Craig Road.
Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to the area that night after receiving reports of a drive-by shooting. Around 11 p.m., police were following two vehicles they believed to have been involved in the shooting when more shots were fired, this time at officers, police said.
One officer shot back, injuring two suspects, police said. One was in critical condition and the other suffered “non-life-threatening injuries,” according to a Metro news release. Both were hospitalized.
No officers were injured, police said Monday.
Police previously said that all occupants of the two suspect vehicles were detained after the shooting. Booking records provided by Metro indicate that Payne, Richards, and Stone were among those arrested.
Payne was arrested on suspicion of 10 felony charges, including three counts of attempted murder, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and discharging a gun into an occupied structure or vehicle and one count of violating probation. Richards and Stone also face multiple counts of attempted murder and discharging a firearm into an occupied structure or vehicle.
On Wednesday, Metro released the identity of the officer who shot back at the suspects.
Detective Strahinja Pavlovic, 32, has been employed with Metro since 2016. He is currently assigned to the Tactical Operations Division, Safe Neighborhoods Bureau.
He has been placed on routine paid administrative leave pending the outcome of a review of this incident.
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