5 Killed In Latest US Shooting Incident: In the past years, cases of shooting have gone up by a large number, especially in the United States. Almost every day, innocent people on the roads, in and outside grocery stores and even children in schools are losing their lives or sustaining injuries in separate incidents of shooting. In a latest case of shooting, five people in two apartment complexes in North Las Vegas have lost their lives and the suspected shooter, who was looked for by the police the entire night, was found the next morning but moments later, he died by suicide.
5 Killed In Shooting In Las Vegas
As mentioned earlier, as many as five people were killed in North Las Vegas on Tuesday morning (local time) after a man went on a shooting spree in two apartment complexes, before killing himself, CNN reported. The police received reports of a shooting at an apartment complex on Casa Norte Drive on Monday night. After reaching the spot, the police located two adult females – one in her early 40s and another in her late 50s – with gunshot wounds. Three more victims were also found at another nearby apartment complex with gunshot wounds – two women in their mid-20s and a man in his early 20s. All three were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Along with five dead, a 13-year-old girl was hospitalised in critical condition with a gunshot wound after he opened fire in two apartment complexes. Police later located a third victim, a 13-year-old female, who also had a gunshot wound. As of Monday night, she was in critical condition at the UMC Trauma Center, CNN reported, citing police.
Suspected Shooter Dies By Suicide
Speaking about the suspected shooter, an overnight manhunt ended Tuesday morning after police located him just before he killed himself. Eric Adams, 47, was identified by police as a suspect in two shootings on Monday night, the North Las Vegas Police Department said in a news release. Police searched throughout the night for Adams till Tuesday morning, when they received a tip that he was at a local business on East Lake Mead Boulevard. When police arrived at that area, Adams fled to the backyard of a nearby residence, as reported by CNN. “Officers began giving Adams verbal commands to drop the firearm, however, Adams ignored those commands and died by suicide,” the release says.
(Inputs from ANI)
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