LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Two people are dead after an apparent murder-suicide at a hotel near Flamingo and Maryland Parkway Monday, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
The incident happened near the 1500 block of East Flamingo after receiving reports of a shot heard and a man suffering from a gunshot wound around 3:41 p.m.
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Two dead after murder-suicide near Flamingo and Maryland Parkway
Police arrived and found the victim dead. A witness told police that an elderly man was seen leaving the victim and going into another room, where another shot was heard.
Police found the elderly man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and determined that both men were dead.
Police believe it was an "unprovoked" murder suicide.
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.
