LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A man has been hospitalized after being shot in the chest on Monday night in the east valley, according to Metro Police.
At around 8:30 p.m., officers responded to reports of a shooting near Pecos Road and Charleston Boulevard.
Authorities would find a man with gunshots to the chest. He was transported to the nearest hospital, but it's unclear what his current condition is.
All eastbound and westbound lanes are blocked on east Charleston Boulevard between Pecos and Honolulu.
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.
