Las Vegas police try to take barricaded suspect into custody

Las Vegas police were still looking for a wanted suspect after an hourslong barricade in the northeastern Las Vegas Valley.

The barricade ended Friday afternoon without the wanted person in custody, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Patricia Cervantes said.

Police first located the suspect at 8:35 a.m. on the 2200 block of Clinton Lane, near East Carey Avenue and North Christy Lane, according to police call logs. Authorities began treating the incident as a barricade about 11:30 a.m., Cervantes said.

Castleberry and Clinton lanes between Carey and Judson avenues were closed while officers investigated.

No other details about the suspect were immediately available, but Metro investigated a homicide in a vacant home early Monday about a half-mile from the barricade. Danny Contreras, 35, was found dead about 7:05 a.m. on the 5300 block of East Carey Avenue. Police said his death may have been drug-related.

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Review-Journal staff writer Mike Shoro contributed to this story.