Argument leads to fatal shooting near UNLV
One person was killed and six others were injured in a shooting near UNLV reported late Thursday night.
Homicide detectives were called at 11:25 p.m. to the Siegel Suites Swenson, near South University Center Drive and East Flamingo Road, after a report of a shooting, according to a statement from Metropolitan Police Department.
Investigators believe an argument between multiple neighbors resulted in a shootout. One man was taken to University Medical Center where he died.
Police said another six people took themselves to local hospitals with injuries sustained from the shooting.
The shooter was described as a adult man last seen in dark clothing.
Witness Charles Gude said two groups of people were arguing near the third floor of the J building of the complex sometime around 11:30 p.m. when police were called. He said he believed the argument was over someone “saying something disrespectful.”
Gude said he heard multiple gunshots and found a woman in the complex comforting a man who was mortally wounded.
“There was a female sitting at his head … yelling ‘please don’t close your eyes, stay with me’,” he recalled.
Gude said he tried to give medical aid to the man by conducting mouth-to-mouth resuscitation efforts. He also advised the woman to help with chest compressions.
He said he saw more than one person shot in the area.
Neighbor Ruben Navarro lives in the complex but slept through the shooting. He said the neighborhood used to be very dangerous about a decade ago but it has improved since then.
“That’s why they changed the name (of the street) to University Center from Swenson,” Navarro said. “They are trying to change the outlook of what used to happen here. It used to be worse back in 2010.”
Contact Glenn Puit at gpuit@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0390. Follow @GlennatRJ on Twitter. Review-Journal reporters David Wilson and Sabrina Schnur contributed to this story.
