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Southwest Shootout Leaves One Dead
Police Are Looking At Whether It Was Self-Defense
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LAS VEGAS, NV (KXNT) - An early morning shotting in a southwest valley parking lot left one man dead and police with a lot of unanswered questions early Wednesday.
BREAKING: Homicide investigation unfolding right now by Tropicana & Fort Apache. Awaiting briefing from @LVMPD. LIVE on Good Day Las Vegas starting at 5 am @8NewsNow pic.twitter.com/vXszARZ9sw
— Hector Mejia (@hectormejianews) April 22, 2020
Investigators say it happened in the parking lot of the In-N-Out Burger location at Tropicana and Fort Apache.
Las Vegas police investigate homicide near Tropicana, Fort Apache https://t.co/XBq7vG7VrX via @fox5vegas
— Mary Jane Hillpot (@babyboomerMJ) April 22, 2020
Police say a man and woman were eating dinner in the parking lot around 2am when they were approached by two men. Soon after things escalated, guns were drawn, and shots were fired.
One of the two men who approached the couple that was eating was killed. Police estimate that, in total, at least 15 shots were fired.
Police continue to look for the second man that approached the couple, and are looking at the possibility that the man who fired the fatal shots may have done so in self-defense.
Also being looked into was an overnight robbery of a gun store near the crime scene. Police are investigating to see if anyone at the scene may have a connection to that heist.
As of Wendesday morning, charges have yet to be filed.