Las Vegas officer remains critical after another surgery
Las Vegas police officer Michael Madland is recovering from additional surgery Thursday afternoon but remains in critical condition, police said Friday morning.
The surgery was to "repair damage sustained" when Madland was shot twice by suspect Damon Beal, police said.
Beal, 26, was shot and killed by Madland's partner, whose identity has not yet been released.
Madland has been hospitalized since being shot once in the leg and once in the chest about 9 p.m. Tuesday. A protective vest stopped the bullet from penetrating his chest, but the other shot severed an artery in his leg.
The 31-year-old officer was chasing a stolen-vehicle suspect, identified by police as Beal, through backyards along Dolores Drive, near Washington Avenue and Rainbow Boulevard.
Officers had spotted the stolen Mercedes-Benz near Rainbow and Charleston Boulevard, gave chase and spun the car into a wall. Beal and another suspect, 45-year-old Marvin Wilson, ran away, police said. Wilson was captured and is in the Clark County Detention Center on a $103,000 bail.
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