Las Vegas police ID officer involved in shooting after chase
By Rio Lacanlale Las Vegas Review-Journal
Metropolitan Police Department investigate an officer-involved shooting that occurred in a strip mall near Jones Boulevard and U.S. Highway 95 on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, in Las Vegas. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph
Metropolitan Police Department investigate an officer-involved shooting that occurred in a strip mall near Jones Boulevard and U.S. Highway 95 on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, in Las Vegas. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph
Metropolitan Police and detectives meet at the perimeter of a scene as they investigate an officer-involved shooting that occurred in a strip mall near Jones Boulevard and U.S. Highway 95 on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, in Las Vegas. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph
A Metropolitan police officer keeps an eye on the media as they investigate an officer-involved shooting that occurred in a strip mall near Jones Boulevard and U.S. Highway 95 on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, in Las Vegas. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph
Metropolitan Police Department cordon off the scene as they investigate an officer-involved shooting that occurred in a strip mall near Jones Boulevard and U.S. Highway 95 on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, in Las Vegas. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph
Metropolitan Police and detectives meet at the perimeter of a scene as they investigate an officer-involved shooting that occurred in a strip mall near Jones Boulevard and U.S. Highway 95 on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, in Las Vegas. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph
Officer Weston Williams has been with the Police Department since November 2006. The 42-year-old officer is assigned to the Community Policing Division in the department’s Bolden area command, Metro said.
Police said at about the same time Thursday when the suspect shot himself in the head behind a strip mall near U.S. Highway 95 and Jones Boulevard, Williams also fired one round, striking the suspect in his shoulder.
The incident began 10:30 a.m. in Henderson when the man’s wife called 911 to report that her husband was suicidal and armed with a handgun and possibly a rifle, Metro Capt. Kelly McMahill said Thursday. Metro officers took over once Henderson police tracked the man’s phone and learned he was in Metro’s jurisdiction.
The Clark County coroner’s office will identify the man who died once his family has been notified.
Williams has been placed on paid administrative leave pending a review of the incident, police said.
This is the 18th officer-involved shooting investigated by Metro this year.
