A man was shot by police in northwest Las Vegas Tuesday afternoon.
The shooting was reported around 2:30 p.m. in the 3300 block of Lingo Street, near Grand Canyon Drive and Cheyenne Avenue. Officers first responded around 2 p.m. to a call about a suicidal man.
A caller from the residence indicated a man inside the house was threatening to harm himself with a gun or a knife and was possibly intoxicated.
Arriving officers located family members who were outside of the residence. As the officers were talking with them, the man came out of the front door and an officer attempted to talk with him.
The man then pulled a handgun out of the bathrobe he was wearing and pointed the gun at the officer. The officer fired rounds from his duty handgun, and the man retreated toward the house.
The man was found on the ground with a handgun. He is in serious but stable condition at a local hospital.
No officers were injured.
NOW: more resources arriving at #OIS scene. A source tells me an officer and a suspect exchanged gunfire on Lingo Street (near Cheyenne and Grand Canyon Dr.) @KTNV pic.twitter.com/0czdNQRMWf
— Joe Bartels (@Joe_Bartels) February 6, 2018
#BREAKING we are on scene of an officer involved shooting near Cheyenne and Grand Canyon Dr.
No officers hurt. @KTNV #OIS pic.twitter.com/TyA4E51zYf— Joe Bartels (@Joe_Bartels) February 6, 2018
We're currently investigating an officer involved shooting at the 3300 block of Lingo St. in the northwest valley. No officers are injured.
@LVMPD_PIO is en route. #LVMPDnews #OIS pic.twitter.com/rjqBUtS9ob
— LVMPD (@LVMPD) February 6, 2018
Mountain View Lutheran Church and School was on a soft lockdown after the shooting.
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