A person was shot and wounded Wednesday afternoon in the central Las Vegas Valley.
The shooting occurred around 1:35 p.m. on the 7100 block of South Bronco Street, near West Harmon Avenue and South Jones Boulevard, according to a Metropolitan Police Department release.
The victim was taken to University Medical Center.
The public is asked to avoid the area because of heavy police presence.
The Henderson Police Department said one officer involved in the shooting has been placed on paid administrative leave until an investigation concludes.
The North Las Vegas Police Department provided new information about the fatal police shooting of a man tied to a four-vehicle crash.
The Clark County coroner’s office on Thursday identified one of two victims Las Vegas police said were shot to death in a southeast valley home earlier this month.
A man was shot and killed by police after pointing a rifle at officers in a downtown Las Vegas apartment complex, according to police.
This was the Henderson Police Department’s second officer-involved shooting in 2024, officers said.
A jury began deliberations on Tuesday to determine if a former Metropolitan Police Department officer is guilty of murder after fatally shooting her former son-in-law.
A Henderson man accused of firing 112 bullets in his condo on Friday night told police he was protecting himself from robbers. Investigators found no such evidence.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified an armed motorist who was shot and killed by seven North Las Vegas police officers Saturday.
A shooting that snarled traffic in Henderson has resulted in more than 100 charges against a man police said had a drug-induced episode that led him to firing off more than 100 rounds.
A gunman shot and killed after police said he appeared to threaten a motorist in a Henderson shopping center Thursday was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
