LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department SWAT is at the scene of a barricade at 370 East Harmon Avenue on Monday night.
Metro Police received a call about a man threatening people inside an apartment complex with a knife at around 9:23 p.m.
When officers arrived, the suspect retreated inside the apartment and refused to come out.
LVMPD SWAT is at the scene to try to safely take the suspect into custody.
This is a developing story.
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Members of the public are asked to avoid the area due to the ongoing investigation and a heavy police presence.
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One man has been taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said, and another man has been detained at the scene.
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Had he survived, he would have faced charges of coercion with force, assault with a deadly weapon, domestic battery, violation of a temporary protection order, and resisting a public officer.
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Investigators identified the suspect as 35-year-old Jesse Robinson III, who was booked into the North Las Vegas Community Correctional Center.
