Fatal shooting of a woman in her own her home in northeast las vegas. This all started very early this morning. And tonight police are still on the scene of this incident. 8 news now reporter Patranya Bhoolsuwan is live near craig and nellis with the latest on this developing story. Patranya Bhoolsuwan we just talked to Metro Sergeant jeff clark just a short time ago. He confirmed that metro swat officers shot and killed a woman in a home right across the street from us here on the 45hundred block aviation street. This after she threatened not to just take her own life, but that of the officers on the scene. With the use of not just one but two separate weapons. This apparently all started around 6 oclock this morning when the womans friend from out of state called metro. Asking police to go check on her. This after she saw a video of that woman trying to kill herself by overdosing on pills. When police got there, she initially did not respond. But after a few hours, the woman came out
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Miles away from the original scene. Sheriff Joe Lombardo clark county we did have a pretty tight perimeter associated with the event and hopefully well be able to discern that from the interview with the suspect but he was able to get out of the perimeter. Mauricio Marin detectives are looking to see if the suspect had an accomplice to help him slip past police. Sheriff Joe Lombardo clark county theres a lot of investigative techniques that we used to do that and better served that we keep it to ourselves. Mauricio Marin still early in the investigation. S heriff joe lombardo wouldnt go into detail about what lead them to the suspect but says a tip eventually helped them track the shooter. Combined with fast thinking by his officers and help from other agencies in the entire investigation. When officers first heard of the shooting over radio. Sheriff lombardo was in the nearby area and sprang into action himself to help. Sheriff Joe Lombardo clark county by chance the suspect came righ
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Home where the suspect holed up . Patranya Bhoolsuwan Denise Valdez and patranya, you were at that first officerinvolved shooting throughout the day. What can you tell us about that . Patranya Bhoolsuwan denise, it left the neighborhood near craig and nellis in shock. A woman was shot and killed by police right in front of her home. After a tense standoff that lasted hours. Police told me it all started with an Early Morning phone call after someone saw video of the woman downing pills, trying to kill herself. People i spoke to told me she was the last person they would imagine engaging with police. < on the 45 hundred block of aviation street just off of craig and nellis. Neighbo rs say they still cant believe a woman who used to live in the house in the corner is now gone. sinai esparza neighbor i was like a calm person. So its just very weird. police say this all started just before 6 am monday when a friend of the woman. Called metro dispatch. Saying they were concerned about somet