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UPDATE: 1 dead, 3 injured in west Las Vegas shooting on Rainbow Boulevard

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Posted at 8:28 AM, Aug 29, 2021
and last updated 2021-08-30 16:36:33-04

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Police continue their investigation into an overnight shooting in the west part of town on Sunday.

Authorities say four people were shot in the 1700 block of Rainbow Boulevard, near Westcliff Drive, before 2 a.m.

An altercation happened during a dinner party at a business located on Rainbow Boulevard, according to police.

The group left the business and was then followed by another car when someone shot at them when the vehicles were side-by-side.

The unidentified car then took off and the four self-transported to a nearby hospital with injuries ranging from minor to life-threatening.

Monday, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said two of the people shot were transferred to Sunrise Hospital where one ended up dying.

Detectives remained at the scene for their investigation with road closures in place at the intersection on Sunday morning.

Anyone with further information on this incident was used to Contact Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555.