Las Vegas Shooting

One Killed, One Wounded In Shooting On Las Vegas Strip

... Harmon Avenue to East Flamingo Road. ORIGINAL STORY. Police officers are investigating a reported shooting near the Cosmopolitan Resort on the Las Vegas Strip. There has been at least one victim who has been transported in unknown condition. Radio traffic indicated a shooting shortly before 11 a.m. It might have been on an RTC bus, but that has not been confirmed. "The LVMPD is currently investigating a shooting that occurred on South Las Vegas Boulevard near Harmon. This is an active scene and officers are currently assessing the situation," said an email from Las Vegas Metropolitan Police shortly after 11 a.m. Several areas in and around the Boulevard were being evacuated. A police staging area was being set up at the Cosmopolitan. Radio traffic indicates that LVMPD has activated two Multi Assault Counter Terrorism Action Capabilities (MACTAC) teams and put two more on standby. According to LVMPD, the "training and response concept is an outgrowth of the 2009 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, and gives officers advanced ...

Omaha Family Recounts Las Vegas Strip Shooting

... escape the bus. Police tried to use what sounded like a flash-bang device to disorient the gunman, and eventually he surrendered. Police say the man is Rolando Cardenas, 55. Cuozzo told ABC News the whole ordeal was unlike anything he’d ever seen. “Just a huge shock to realize,” he said. “I've never witnessed anything like that. So hearing a big explosion, it was like a bombshell blew up.”. The Cuozzo family said it was troubling to witness. "To think something like this could happen any day is unreal," Cuozzo said. WEBVTT TONIGHT'S BIG STORY. REPORTER: POLICE BELIEVE THEGUNMAN TOOK OVER A DOUBLE-DECKERTOUR BUS, KILLING ONEVACATIONER, AND INJURINGANOTHER. HE'S IN CUSTODY TONIGHT, AND ALOCAL COUPLE SAW THE ENTIREORDEAL FROM THEIR HOTEL.> > SHOWING YOU WHAT'S HAPPENINGIN VEGAS. SHOOTER ON THE BUS. REPORTER: CELL-PHONE IN HAND, ANOMAHA FAMILY HUDDLES ON ABALCONY OVER-LOOKING THE LASVEGAS STRIP. USUALLY FILLED WITH ...

Gunfight At Cincinnati Nightclub Kills 1, Injures 15

... the parking lot in September of that year, City Manager Harry Black said. Police Capt. Kim Williams said there was "just a lot of chaos, obviously, when shots were fired.". "Saturday night, it is a very young crowd. We have had incidents here in the past, but this is by far the worst," she said. Referring to initial speculation about possible terrorism, Mayor John Cranley said: "What difference does that make to the victims? Innocent people were shot.". He called the shootings "unacceptable" and said authorities would work to find ways to prevent such violence. A single body was removed by the coroner shortly after 6 a.m. A federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives team was also at the scene. Among the injured, five were treated at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and released, hospital spokeswoman Kelly Martin said. She said two people were in critical ...

Suspect Arrested After Deadly Shooting, Barricade On Las Vegas Strip Bus

... a bus traveling on the Strip. A suspect is barricaded inside a bus in front of the Paris Las Vegas. Check back for updates. 11:40 a.m. UPDATE: One victim has been transported to University Medical Center Trauma in unknown condition. At this time, officers believe the suspect is on a bus on Las Vegas Boulevard. This incident is being treated as a barricade at this time. There is no credible information that there is a second suspect and no other victims have been located. The Boulevard is closed from East Harmon Avenue to East Flamingo Road. ORIGINAL STORY. LAS VEGAS ( KSNV ) - Police officers are investigating a reported shooting near the Cosmopolitan Resort on the Las Vegas Strip. There has been at least one victim who has been transported in unknown condition. Radio traffic indicated a shooting shortly before 11 a.m. It might ...

Police Apprehend Suspect In Las Vegas Bus Shooting

... after a relative reported that something might be wrong. Authorities arrested Salvador Vasquez-Oliva, 56, on suspicion of homicide after finding him in San Francisco. They have not named a motive or said what relationship he has to the dead. Police have not said when or how the victims were killed. — Associated Press. North Carolina. World War II veteran receives Purple Heart. A 92-year-old North Carolina man has finally received the Purple Heart he earned more than 70 years ago while fighting in Belgium during World War II. Oscar Davis Jr. was a private assigned as a radio telephone operator when he was knocked down by a large piece of shrapnel during the Battle of the Bulge, according to a Fayetteville Observer report. The radio on Davis’s back protected him, but the German artillery barrage knocked down a tree that fell on Davis, injuring his spine. He was paralyzed from the waist down for three weeks and ultimately rejoined his unit in Germany. Davis was told long ago that he would receive the honor, but the award paperwork was never signed. Decades later, he smiled as Lt. Col. Marcus Wright leaned down to pin the Purple Heart to his jacket Saturday. “This has ...

Suspect Identified In Las Vegas Strip Shooting

... injured another during an hours-long standoff on the Las Vegas Strip is being held in Clark County Jail pending a bail hearing set for Monday, according to police and jail records. Rolando Cardenas was booked on charges of murder, attempted murder with a firearm, discharging a firearm within a vehicle and burglary with possession of a firearm, the records show. As of Sunday, no bail had been set on the murder and attempted murder charges. The other two charges had bail amounts set at $20,000 each. Rolando Cardenas. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department). Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said the standoff began about 11 a.m. Saturday, when the department received calls about a man firing a handgun indiscriminately on the second level of a Regional Transportation Commission bus. Portions of the Las Vegas Strip were closed for about seven hours while the suspect barricaded himself on the bus, disrupting a busy weekend that included people arriving to watch and wager on the March Madness college basketball ...

Vegas Strip Reopens After Gunman Surrender, Fatal Shooting

... 2017-03-27 03:44:12 GMT. A white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager has quit the New York Police Department to avoid being fired following a disciplinary trial. More. Sunday, March 26 2017 10:32 PM EDT 2017-03-27 02:32:39 GMT. Police have identified the person killed in an overnight Cincinnati nightclub shooting that also left 15 people injured. More. Sunday, March 26 2017 10:32 PM EDT 2017-03-27 02:32:37 GMT. Police say gunfire erupted inside a crowded Cincinnati nightclub after a dispute among several men, killing one man and injuring 15 other people. More. Sunday, March 26 2017 9:42 PM EDT 2017-03-27 01:42:08 GMT. Police is Southern California say they have arrested a suspect in the slaying of an 8-year-old boy who was killed in a drive-by shooting as he was about to have dinner inside a home. More. Sunday, March 26 2017 9:22 PM EDT 2017-03-27 01:22:15 GMT. Forty-six dogs have been flown to New York from South Korea after being rescued at a farm where they were to be slaughtered for human consumption. More. Sunday, March 26 2017 8:22 PM EDT 2017-03-27 00:22:06 GMT. A Colorado mosque was vandalized early Sunday when someone threw rocks and a ...