Police shoot man during pursuit in east Las Vegas apartment complex
A man was hospitalized Thursday after a Metropolitan Police Department officer shot him during a foot pursuit in an apartment complex in the east Las Vegas Valley, police said.
Officers were in the area looking for a vehicle with a stolen license plate, Metro Capt. Kurt McKenzie said in a briefing. When officers found the vehicle, it “left at a high rate of speed” and almost caused a crash, he said.
The driver entered the 4800 block of East Tropicana Avenue and turned into the Tides on Tropicana apartment complex, near South Nellis Boulevard. He and a passenger got out of the car and fled on foot, McKenzie said.
When an officer chasing the unidentified man turned a corner to find the man pointing a firearm at his pursuer, the officer fired his gun, hitting the man, McKenzie said.
After taking the man into custody, officers rendered aid by putting a tourniquet on him, according to McKenzie.
The man was then transported to the hospital where police said he is being treated for his injuries.
The second person in the car has also been taken into custody, according to McKenzie, adding that the investigation is preliminary. He did not say whether the passenger has been charged.
McKenzie said police do not know anything about the man who was shot, other than that he was driving with a stolen plate.
Contact Estelle Atkinson at eatkinson@reviewjournal.com. Follow @estellelilym on X and @estelleatkinsonreports on Instagram.