1 dead, 13 others wounded following shooting at Las Vegas hookah lounge
Las Vegas NV Feb 27, 2022 The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is currently investigating a multiple-victim shooting that happened early Saturday morning.
The incident happened around 3:15 a.m. at a hookah lounge on the 900 block of East Sahara Avenue.
Responding officers found 14 people suffering from gunshot wounds and began rendering aid.
Those victims were then transported to UMC and Sunrise Hospitals in Las Vegas.
The Metropolitan Police Department received multiple 911 calls around 3:15 a.m. reporting a shooting at Manny’s Glow Ultra Lounge & Restaurant, 953 E. Sahara Ave., near South Maryland Parkway, according to Metropolitan Police Department Capt. Dori Koren.
Detectives believe two men started arguing during a party at the lounge, which resulted in at least two guns being fired.
One man has been pronounced dead, while two others remain in critical condition. All other victims are in stable condition.
In a press conference held early Saturday morning, police say there was a party inside the hookah lounge when an altercation between two men broke out.
They then exchanged gunfire, striking multiple people.
Police also added that no arrests have been made, but the incident was isolated, so there is currently no threat to the public.
Koren did not have information on what kinds of guns were used or a description of a suspect.
“I can assure you they will be caught,” he said. “Our agency takes a lot of pride in the fact that our homicide section has the best solvability rate in the country.”
Koren credited the officers quick work at the scene, applying tourniquet and performing CPR.
By Saturday afternoon, half of the large shopping plaza was still cordoned off with police tape. About a dozen cars were parked in front of the hookah lounge.
A black SUV parked directly in front of the entrance had a few tiny cones behind it, indicating evidence from the crime. A chair was flipped over in the parking lot, and a few feet away the front doors to the business were ajar.
About 50 yards from the building, one parking spot was manned by an officer because of a small bullet with a stain on the pavement around it.