November 14th, 2024

5 people were fatally shot near Las Vegas and a suspect has been arrested police say

By The Associated Press on June 25, 2024.

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) – Authorities have arrested a man suspected in shootings Monday night at apartments outside of Las Vegas that left five people dead and a 13-year-old girl critically wounded.

The North Las Vegas Police Department identified the suspect as 57-year-old Erick Adams. They described the shootings at separate apartments as an “isolated incident” and said there was no active threat to the public.

The victims haven’t been identified by name but were described by police as a person in their 40s, a person in their late 50s, two women in their mid-20s and a man in his early 20s.

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