LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a deadly shooting inside a room at the Mirage Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip late Thursday night.
Captain Dori Koren with the Homicide and Sex Crimes Bureau said one person has been pronounced dead inside the hotel room and two others are at a local hospital in critical condition as a result of the shooting.
“We can tell you at least preliminarily, that there was an altercation that happened in the room between four individuals we believe all known to each other. And during that altercation, the one individual shot the three other individuals,” Captain Koren said at an overnight briefing.
Multiple posts on Twitter indicated a heavy police presence inside the hotel. At one point people were saying police locked down the hotel completely.
As for the suspect, police say a manhunt is underway.
Koren said police are looking for a man who took off from the scene.
LVMPD posted to its Twitter just after 10 pm alerting the public of the shooting.
“These types of incidents these types of extreme violence that happen in our city we take very seriously, you’ve seen it with all the investigations we conduct, we’re fortunate to have the best homicide investigative unit in the country with the highest clearance rates for a reason so we’re confident we will solve this case,” Koren added.
On Friday morning, Koren tweeted that the suspect involved was “identified, located and arrested” within six hours of the shooting. Details on the suspect’s identity weren’t disclosed immediately.
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