Suspect arrested after hostage incident in southeast Las Vegas
A Las Vegas police SWAT unit arrested a man who was suspected of briefly taking a person hostage in a neighborhood near a middle school in southeast Las Vegas early Tuesday.
Sgt. Miguel Garcia said police were called to a home on the 3800 block of San Andreas Avenue, near Tropicana Avenue and Sandhill Road, for a request to assist a citizen shortly after 7 a.m.
“An officer showed up to the house and a male there said he had a gun,” Garcia said. “He also said he had an innocent person inside with him.”
The man then closed the door and refused to come out. Police called in the SWAT team and closed several streets in the area including Sandhill in both directions just south of Harmon Avenue. The scene was adjacent to Woodbury Middle School.
Garcia said the man ultimately agreed to come out of the house around 9 a.m. and surrender. The second person inside the home was found unharmed.
All streets in the area were being reopened.
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