One person was injured and being treated at a local hospital after an officer-involved shooting at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Thursday morning, officials said.
Only described as a “suspect” by police, it wasn’t immediately clear what offense authorities believed the person committed.
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LVMPD is currently working an Officer Involved Shooting at the 5700 block of Wayne Newton.
Suspect was struck, unknown condition. At this time it has been reported that officers are not injured.
PIO is working on obtaining Media Staging Area.
The injured person was taken to University Medical Center and police said they were working on setting up a media staging area to provide additional information.
McCarran Airport is located about five miles south of Las Vegas’ downtown area.
The airport’s Twitter account said that flight operations were not affected by the incident.
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Lots of media coverage this morning on an officer involved shooting at the airport… @LVMPD is investigating. Travelers are advised this law enforcement incident is NOT affecting flight operations @LASairport this morning.