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ONEBGG

03/25/17 5:55 PM

#222958 RE: walknmannv #222957

Thanks Walk, I'll look for a story on this. These are desperate times.

ksquared

03/25/17 6:15 PM

#222962 RE: walknmannv #222957

Hi walk. Good to see you. I found this re the shooting.
Not much information yet. It's also on Yahoo, but that account is even sketchier.

Police in standoff on Las Vegas Strip after 1 shot dead, 1 injured
Nick Penzenstadler , USA TODAY Published 3:15 p.m. ET March 25, 2017 | Updated 4 minutes ago

Las Vegas Metro police said a standoff with a lone suspect barricaded on a two-story bus on the Vegas Strip continued Saturday after one person was shot dead and another wounded inside the vehicle.

Police evacuated the nearby Cosmopolitan hotel and casino floor shortly before 11 a.m. local time Saturday as a result of the incident. They blocked off pedestrian walkways and several blocks of traffic on the Strip.

Despite some reports, there was no confirmed second suspect and it was not an active shooter situation, police added.

"The shooting incident happened on the bus," said Larry Hadfield, a spokesman with Las Vegas Metro police. "We had one single shooting incident with two victims. Both were transported to the trauma center and one is deceased."

Hadfield said police were in the process of negotiating with the armed man and taking him into custody. Hadfield said he was the only person on the bus, which is surrounded by police.

"Crisis negotiators and our special operations team is on the scene," Hadfield said. "This is a single incident and is not deemed to be terrorism related."

Guests at the hotel were instructed to shelter in their rooms. Police blocked off South Las Vegas Boulevard between Flamingo Road and Harmon Avenue.

Earlier Saturday, three people wearing dress clothing and animal masks robbed a jewelry store inside the Bellagio hotel-casino complex, which is next door, police said. Police said the two incidents are not connected.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/03/25/standoff-las-vegas-evacuates-cosmopolitan-hotel/99622206/