Argument Triggers Murder/Suicide

"Las Vegas, NV - Police received a call from an apartment complex at 1401 E. Reno Ave., north of Hacienda Avenue and east of Maryland Parkway shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday. When officers arrived they found an elderly woman dead on the floor of an apartment, police said.

"A man became angry with his girlfriend and her mother inside the apartment, police said. A preliminary investigation revealed that the three people argued inside the apartment when the man picked up a weapon, shot the girlfriend's mother, then himself, police said.

"Homicide detectives said the man shot himself in the face, but was alive when police arrived and was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center's Trauma Center, where he underwent emergency surgery.

"The man's girlfriend escaped from the apartment and called police."

From The Las Vegas Sun...