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Metro investigates fatal apartment shooting that left one dead in northwest valley

Shooting at 2200 N Torrey Pines
Posted at 11:24 PM, Jan 02, 2024
and last updated 2024-01-03 11:13:53-05

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said they are investigating a shooting that killed one in northwest Las Vegas on Tuesday night.

Police said the shooting happened around 9:41 p.m. in the 2200 block of N. Torrey Pines Dr., near West Smoke Ranch Road. Officers arriving on the scene were led to a second-story apartment unit, where a male victim b — believed to be in his 20s — was found suffering from a gunshot wound.

Arriving medical personnel would later pronounce the man deceased at the scene.

Around 10 p.m., Mountainview Hospital staff would alert police about a teenage male subject who was also suffering from a "non-life-threatening" gunshot wound. Officers arriving at the hospital determined that the subject had been shot at the complex.

A preliminary investigation revealed that several subjects were inside the apartment at the time of the shooting, though the details of the incident or any altercation that occurred are unclear.

"There does not appear to be any outstanding danger to the public," police said.

KTNV will provide more details as they become available.