Police shoot, kill armed man in apartment parking lot

Police shoot, kill armed man in apartment parking lot

Las Vegas police said officers were forced to shoot a person who tried to carjack someone at gunpoint in the central part of town Tuesday.

METRO SHOT AND KILLED A SUSPECTTHIS EVENING NEAR PARADISE ANDTWAIN.THIS IS THE FIRST DEADLY POLICESHOOTING FOR METRO THIS YEAR.13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER...AUSTIN CARTER TELLS US WHYPOLICE SAY THEY WERE FORCED TOSHOOT.A NORMALLY BUSY INTERSECTIONNEAR THE STRIP - TAPED OFF FORA SHOOTING INVESTIGATION --INVOLVING A METRO POLICEOFFICER -- NEAR PARADISE ANDTWAIN...ACCORDING TO METRO - JUSTBEFORE 2 THIS AFTERNOON - APOLICE OFFICER NOTICED A WHITESEDAN DRIVING ERRATICALLY ONTHE FIFTEEN NEAR CHARLESTON.THAT VEHICLE TURNED OUT TO BESTOLEN.((SOT)) CAPTAIN NICHOLESPLINTER "THE AIR UNIT HAPPENEDTO BE ABOVE HIM AT THE TIMEAND STARTED MONITORING HISVEHICLE" CAPTAIN NICHOLESPLINTER SAYS THE DRIVER WASDRIVING AROUND THE CITY -- ATSOME POINTS -- AT 100 MILES PERHOUR!

THE DRIVER FINALLYSTOPPED AT THE SIEGEL SUITESNEAR TWAIN AND PARADISE AROUNDTHREE AND GOT OUT OF THE CARWITH A SHOTGUN IN HAND!

((SOT))CAPTAIN NICHOLE SPLINTER "HEIMMEDIATELY PULLED IT OUT ANDPOINTED IT AT THE DRIVER OF ARED VEHICLE THAT WAS EXITINGTHE PARKING LOT OF THAT SIEGELSUITES" THAT LEFT OFFICERS WITHNO CHOICE ((SOT)) CAPTAINNICHOLE SPLINTER "THEY FIREDSEVERAL ROUNDS AT HIM, STRIKINGHIM" THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN TOSUNRISE HOSPITAL BUT DID NOTSURVIVEAC 13 ANAS PER DEPARTMENT POLICY WEEXPECT TO SEE VIDEO FROM THEOFFICER'S BODY CAMERA IN THENEXT FEW DAYS.WE'RE ALSO WORKING...TO LEARN THE SUSPECT'SIDENTITYVA HALT ON IMMIGRATION!!!PRESIDENT TRUMP N