Resident, assailant critically wounded in Las Vegas shooting
A shooting early Thursday during an attempted robbery in the southeast valley left two people critically wounded, Las Vegas police said.
Metropolitan Police Department homicide Lt. Ray Spencer said at 4:30 a.m., a man in his late 20s was returning home from the gym to his apartment in the 5400 block of Mountain Vista Street, near Russell Road, when two men he didn’t know approached his vehicle “in an apparent robbery attempt.”
“At some point one of the male suspects fired multiple times into the vehicle striking the victim,” Spencer said. “During that gunfire, one of the other … males was also struck.”
The man was able to drive his vehicle a short distance and call 911. He and one of his alleged assailants were found at the scene suffering from gunshot wounds. Both were taken by ambulance to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, where they were listed in critical condition.
The person who fired the shots fled on foot and has not been located. Spencer urged anyone with information to call police.
Tipsters can contact Metro homicide at 702-828-3521 or homicide@lvmpd.com. Anyone who wants to remain anonymous may contact Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555 or submit tips online at CrimeStoppersOfNV.com.
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