LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Three people are dead, including two children, after a shooting Tuesday evening at an apartment complex near Sahara Avenue and Decatur Boulevard, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
According to Lt. Robert Price with LVMPD, the suspect, a man in his 50s, arrived at the Southeast Area Command police station and said he had just shot his girlfriend and her two children.
Officers responded to the apartment in the 5100 block of O'Bannon Drive, where the victims, identified as a woman in her 40s, a teenage girl and a boy under 10, were found suffering from gunshot wounds, Price said. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
"It's just a very tragic, tragic situation," Price said.
WATCH | Full preliminary press briefing from Lt. Robert Price:
The suspect is said to have suffered a superficial gunshot wound, but he has already been released from the hospital. He is currently talking with detectives. The two children are not believed to have been his, according to Price.
-
Police: 18-year-old killed in shooting outside house party in southwest valley
One person is dead after a shooting outside a house party in the southwest valley early Sunday morning, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
FULL BRIEFING: 'Agitated' woman demanded police shoot her before shooting at CSN
It happened around 5:15 a.m. in the 6300 block of West Charleston Boulevard, in a parking lot of the College of Southern Nevada Charleston Campus, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
LVMPD: Two dead, homicide under investigation near Reno Ave., Decatur Blvd.
LVMPD: Woman shot after approaching officers with weapon at CSN campus
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has confirmed that it happened in the 6300 block of W Charleston Boulevard, which is in the area of the College of Southern Nevada campus.
