ALERT: Las Vegas- Shooting Outside Cosmopolitan Leaves One Dead (March 25, 2017)
March 25, 2017
ALERT: Las Vegas- Shooting Outside Cosmopolitan Leaves One Dead
A shooting outside of Las Vegas’ Cosmopolitan Hotel has left one two people shot and one person dead. A suspect is reportedly barricaded on a bus. No information suggests that this incident is related to the burglary at the Bellagio according to Las Vegas Police.
According to the Las Vegas Review Journal:
Las Vegas Boulevard between Flamingo Road and Harmon Avenue remained closed early Saturday afternoon because of a deadly bus shooting in front of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Two people were shot and one died after a shooting on a Regional Transit Commission bus late Saturday morning. Police responded to the call of a shooting at 10:48 a.m. at 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. South near Harmon Avenue.
Las Vegas Metropolitan police department spokesman Officer Larry Hadfield told reporters at 1 p.m. that two people had been shot on the RTC bus and had been taken to University Medical Center, where one died. The second person’s condition is unknown, Hadfield said.
Hadfield emphasized nobody fired shots inside any of the nearby casinos.
“We believe we have the suspect on the bus,” Hadfield said. SWAT, hostage and crisis negotiators were on the scene, he added.
When asked whether any passengers were still on the bus, Hadfield briefly paused and said detectives still were conducting interviews.
Officers went through nearby hotels, Hadfield said, “to ensure that the incident did not spill outside of the actual scene.”
There was a loud bang doing near the scene about 1:45 p.m. It was unclear what caused the bang.
Hadfield said there is no “credible information” that there is a second suspect and there was no “active shooter” situation at any casino.
Strip traffic is shut down north and south because of the incident and traffic access from Harmon Avenue is limited from west to east, Hadfield said.
He said police have no motive for the shooting.
MGM Resorts issued a statement at 2:15 p.m. that pedestrian and vehicle traffic were being diverted from the Bellagio main entrance because of the police situation.
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