LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A woman is dead after police say she and her roommate were struggling over a firearm during an argument Saturday morning near North Decatur and West Lake Mead boulevards.
WATCH | Lt. Robert Price's full press briefing on the shooting:
According to Lt. Robert Price with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, they received a call around 9:45 a.m. from a male caller saying his roommate had been shot in the 1900 block of Plumas Court.
When officers arrived, they found a woman in her mid-50s suffering from a gunshot wound, Price said. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to Price, the roommates had gotten into a verbal argument and someone pulled out a firearm, causing a struggle between the two. Price said at some point during the struggle, the gun went off and the female was struck.
The 911 caller, identified as a man in his mid-40s, is detained and is speaking to detectives, according to Price.
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