Father fatally shot, son questioned in western Las Vegas

A man was fatally shot by his son Tuesday night in western Las Vegas, police said.

Officers were called around 10:30 p.m. to the 8100 block of Spur Court, near South Cimarron Road and Alta Drive, after a report that a father had been shot by his son, according to Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Ray Spencer.

Spencer said police had been called to the house earlier for a report that the father, a man in his late 40s, beat the son, a man in his 20s, and found that the father had fled. The father then returned later and was shot during a dispute, he said.

“Officers arrived, the son surrendered to the officers and the male father was pronounced deceased at the scene,” Spencer said. “At this point it is still early on (in the investigation.)”

The son was being interviewed by homicide detectives around 1 a.m., Spencer said. Police also were interviewing the decedent’s wife and the shooter’s wife.

“We don’t know the details that led up to the shooting,” Spencer said.

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