2 injured following officer-involved shooting, Las Vegas police say

An exchange of gunfire Sunday evening between police and suspects in a previous shooting led to two people being injured, one critically, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Metro Capt. Esmeralda Boveda said officers were following two vehicles they believed could have been involved in an earlier drive-by shooting just before 11 p.m. Sunday near West Lone Mountain Road and Scott Robinson Boulevard, which is west of Craig Ranch Regional Park, when two Metro vehicles were struck by gunfire.

No officers were injured, Boveda said, but one officer fired back, which led to two suspects being shot. The two, both suffering from gunshot wounds, were taken to a local hospital.

Boveda said one suspect was in critical condition as of early Monday morning while the other suffered “non-life-threatening injuries.”

All occupants of the two vehicles involved in the chase were detained, Boveda said. Police were investigating a reported drive-by shooting in the 5100 block of Hickam Avenue, near North Buffalo Drive and West Craig Road, from early Sunday morning.

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