Suspect dead after standoff with police at Laughlin casino
Las Vegas NV Aug 20 2019 An armed robbery suspect is dead after a nearly seven-hour standoff at a Laughlin casino ended in an officer-involved shooting.
Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman Laura Meltzer said police shot and killed one person suspected of an attempted armed robbery at the Aquarius Casino, 1900 S. Casino Drive, early Monday morning.
The armed robbery occurred shortly before 1:30 a.m. at a cashier cage at the Aquarius. While fleeing, the suspect fired an unknown number of shots at casino security officers but missed, Meltzer said.
Metro police officers arrived and were able to contain the suspect in his vehicle.
Police tweeted about 8:15 a.m. Monday that shots had been fired.
People were advised to avoid the area.
This marks the 13th officer-involved shooting Metro has investigated this year, according to records maintained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Ten were deadly, including one that ended in suicide.
At the same time last year, the newspaper’s records show, Metro had investigated 16 police shootings — 10 of which were deadly, including two that ended in suicide.
