Man wounded in Fremont Street shooting
Las Vegas police are investigating a shooting near downtown that sent one man to the hospital.
Officers were originally called to the 1400 block of Fremont Street, near Maryland Parkway, after dispatchers received reports of gunshots there about 4:17 p.m. Monday, officer Laura Meltzer said.
Once there, officers received a call from the Stratosphere, alerting them that a man with a gunshot wound had walked in, Meltzer said. That man told police he had been shot on Fremont Street.
Police say the two calls are related, and that the man was a passenger in a car when the shooting happened. He was driven about two miles to the hotel and casino, where he asked security officers for medical attention.
The man was taken to University Medical Center, where he underwent surgery. His injuries are not life-threatening, Metro Lt. Jeff Goodwin.
Information about the shooter was not immediately available.
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