LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A man was shot in the leg on Friday near Valley View Boulevard and Hacienda Avenue.
The incident was reported around 3:05 p.m. near the 3600 block of West Ali Baba.
The person was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Metro Police.
Detectives are responding and will take over the investigation. Police say there is no known information on the suspect at this time.
The area will be closed for the next few hours.
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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.
