US Marshals Service deputies shoot fugitive near Las Vegas Strip
U.S. Marshals Service deputies tracking a fugitive from Washington state shot the man at an apartment complex just west of the Strip on Monday evening.
U.S. Marshal Gary Schofield said the shooting occurred at the Viridian Apartments, 4255 W. Viking Road, near Flamingo Road and Arville Street.
“This suspect was wanted, we are being told, out of Snohomish County, Washington, for possession of firearms, also multiple possession of drug offenses, and has an extensive violent history,” Schofield said in a briefing at the scene.
Deputy marshals tried to take him into custody peacefully, Schofield said, but he tried to flee in a truck and “rammed vehicles multiple times” before he was shot by deputies.
“The takedown could have been he basically got out of the vehicle and surrendered peacefully. We do this routinely,” Schofield said. “But he chose not to, and unfortunately we’re now involved in an officer-involved shooting.”
A spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Service said the man remained in critical condition Tuesday morning at University Medical Center. No deputies were injured in the shooting.
Metropolitan Police Department officers also responded to the scene and the department is assisting in the investigation, Schofield said.
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