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Man arrested after barricade at Las Vegas convenience store

Updated August 19, 2021 - 3:52 pm

Las Vegas police have arrested a man following a “barricade situation” in the central valley Thursday.

Police offered few details of the event other than to say the event was unfolding at a convenience store at Tropicana Avenue and Decatur Boulevard. Officers closed lanes of Tropicana from Cameron Street to Decatur while they investigated.

The Regional Transportation Commission tweeted at 3:27 p.m. that all lanes had reopened.

Contact Glenn Puit by email at gpuit@reviewjournal.com. Follow @GlennatRJ on Twitter. Review-Journal reporter Sabrina Schnur contributed to this report.

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