Man shot Monday by Las Vegas police identified
A man shot by a Las Vegas police officer Monday has been identified as 26-year-old Hector Oswaldo Orellana, according to Metropolitan Police Department booking logs.
Orellana, 26, was booked into the Clark County Detention on two felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon on a protected officer and resisting an officer with a deadly weapon (not a firearm), and a gross misdemeanor count of battery on a protected person, records show.
Orellana refused to show up to a court hearing Tuesday and is slated to appear Wednesday morning.
About noon Monday, an officer driving in the 1500 block of North Main Street in downtown Las Vegas spotted two men fighting, police said.
The officer got out of his cruiser to “intervene,” prompting one of the men to run away, police said.
But one of them began “moving towards the officer while throwing punches,” police said.
The officer tried using a baton to de-escalate, causing the man to continue to move toward him, pulling out something from his pocket and holding it “like a weapon,” police said.
When the man charged at the officer, who “lost his footing” and fell, the officer opened fire, police said.
The man and the officer were taken to University Medical Center with minor injuries, police said.
Metro is expected to release the officer’s name, and provide a detailed briefing, within 48 hours.
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