LV police officer shoots at two in Strip vehicle stop
A Las Vegas police officer shot toward two men in a car he had stopped in front of the Harley-Davidson Cafe on the Strip at Harmon Avenue early Sunday, police said.
Neither of the men was wounded in the shooting.
The incident started about 12:45 a.m. when witnesses reported people in two vehicles shooting at each other in the northbound lane of Las Vegas Boulevard South near the MGM Grand, which is at Tropicana Avenue about a half-mile south of where the officer fired at the car, said Lt. Lew Roberts of the Las Vegas police's homicide unit.
Police in the area found one of the vehicles believed to be involved, a black Daewoo sedan, and stopped it at the Strip and Harmon.
When one of the men inside made a suspicious move toward the back seat, an officer fired toward the car, Roberts said.
Police found a shotgun and a spent shell casing inside the vehicle, he said.
Officers arrested both men. Both are Las Vegas residents. One is expected to face multiple charges, including being a felon in possession of a gun and firing a gun from a vehicle, police said. The status of the other man wasn't known Sunday.
As of Sunday evening, police hadn't found anyone who was shot in the reported exchange of gunfire in front of the MGM Grand.
The officer who fired the shots at the Daewoo was placed on paid leave pending the investigation into the incident.
Contact reporter David Kihara at dkihara@reviewjournal.com or (702) 383-4638.
