Suspect in domestic dispute barricade taken into custody
A domestic dispute prompted an armed man to barricade inside a home in northwest Las Vegas before he was taken into custody early Saturday.
Las Vegas police Lt. Ken Nogle said that at 1:19 a.m. an adult male was arguing with his parents at a residence in the 6500 block of Colossal Cave Avenue, near Torrey Pines Drive and Elkhorn Road.
“His parents became fearful of him and left the house,” Nogle said. “While they were outside they heard several gunshots.”
Nogle said it appears the man “fired those rounds in the air from the backyard.”
Police arrived on scene and made contact with the man, but he refused to leave the home.
“SWAT and crisis negotiators are on scene,” Nogle said. “Several residential streets in the area are blocked off and will be until this incident is concluded.”
Police had blocked off Torrey Pines Drive until shortly after 10:30 a.m. when police were able to take the man into custody. Nogle said at 11 a.m. that the man suffered minor injuries in the incident. His name was not immediately released.
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