LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — We are learning more as to what unfolded Tuesday night that resulted in a multi-hour standoff in downtown Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) is holding a briefing at 3:30 p.m. Friday to share those details.
WATCH | Police share details in shooting, six-hour standoff in downtown Las Vegas
This comes after authorities responded to an apartment complex in the 200 block of North 11th Street at 4:55 p.m. to a report of a person destroying property.
The suspect was identified as 39-year-old George Barrios.
Officers found Barrios on the fourth floor of the complex. LVMPD said was armed with a handgun.
He then ran into a nearby apartment and refused to exit, and officers gave him commands to surrender. When Barrios pulled a gun from his waistband and pointed it at police, an officer fired two rounds.
Barrios was not hit by gunfire, but was injured by a canine bite and a non-lethal tool. No officers were hurt. Police called in SWAT officers, who eventually took him into custody.
Barrios was charged with the following:
- Assault with a deadly weapon on a protected person (4 counts)
- Resisting a public officer with a firearm
- Own or possess a gun by a prohibited person
- Destroy property of another
Police shared that this incident marked the 4th officer involved shooting in LVMPD's jurisdiction in 2026, and the 2nd non-fatal shooting. In 2025, LVMPD recorded two officer-involved shootings.
