Metro investigates 2 separate barricade situations in northwest and southeast Las Vegas
Metro Police investigated two barricade situations Wednesday night. One incident happened in the northwest near W. Deer Springs Way and N. Durango Drive.
According to officers, an attempted murder suspect is barricaded inside a home refusing to surrender to police.
At this time, the LVMPD SWAT Team is en route to the area to assist officers. Residents in the area were evacuated from their homes and roads have been closed to drivers.
The other barricade situation happened in the southeast in the 3000 block of South Nellis Boulevard near N. Nellis Boulevard and E. Vegas Valley Drive. Metro said this incident started as a domestic disturbance, but now the suspect has barricaded himself inside an apartment and is refusing to leave.
SWAT has been called in to assist. No other information was released.
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