NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV – In a grim series of events, police fatally shot a man who failed to comply with orders to drop his weapon near a North Las Vegas apartment complex. A subsequent search of nearby apartments revealed a chilling scene – three women and a dog, all shot dead. An unscathed child was also found in the vicinity.
The sequence of events was set in motion by a 911 call on Tuesday afternoon, alerting police to gunshots at the apartment complex. The call was punctuated by the sound of gunfire in the background. Upon arrival, officers were confronted by a man who refused to drop his weapon, leading to his fatal shooting by two officers.
The deceased man is suspected to be the architect of the earlier shootings, according to the North Las Vegas Police Department spokesperson, Kathleen Richards.
While the victims’ identities remain undisclosed, the officers involved in the shooting have been temporarily relieved of their duties pending an investigation.
In a separate, unrelated incident that same day, police discovered a man, believed to be in his 20s, dead in a crashed vehicle following a report of a shooting in a business parking lot. Richards confirmed that this incident is not believed to be tied to the earlier apartment complex shootings.