Cops Disarm Wrong Man Responding To Attempted Murder/Suicide

"NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV — North Las Vegas police are investigating a shooting that left one person dead and another injured after an apparent domestic dispute Saturday near Ann Road and Allen Lane.

"At approximately noon Saturday, police responded to reports of shots fired in a home in the 3500 block of Cantura Crest Court.

"According to police, a dispute between an estranged couple sent a young wife to UMC with gunshot injuries and ended with the husband dead by his own hands.

"When officers arrived, they were confronted by a 67-year-old man armed with a handgun. As soon as the officers commanded the man to drop the weapon, police said he killed himself with a gunshot to the head.

"Officers found the man's 23-year-old wife a few doors west of the home. Police said she was suffering from at least one gunshot wound and was transported to UMC Trauma.

"Preliminary reports indicate the husband and wife were separated. Police said the woman went to her former home to exchange some sort of property, then a dispute erupted, and the husband shot the wife.

"Police said she made it into the front yard before collapsing. A neighbor, armed with a handgun, rescued the woman from the yard and moved her to safety.

"Arriving officers confronted another armed man across the street from the scene. Believing him to be the shooter, they disarmed him.

"As the officers searched the man, police said the true shooter appeared in the door of the house. Officers commanded him to drop a gun he was holding. Before any further discussion, the man shot himself. Medical teams pronounced him dead at the scene.

"There was no one else in the home when the incident occurred, according to police. No force was used by any officers.

"The identity of the man has not yet been released."

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