Patrol officer during what the sheriff called a chance encounter in an apartment complex. The veteran officer returned fire but may not have hit the shooter, who ran off and became the focus of an hourslong manhunt south of the las vegas strip. He was found more than four hours later, several miles away Sheriff Joe Lombardo metro police 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. Michael Stevens lombardo says its not clear what prompted the shooting or how the man eluded police who blanketed a wide area around where shots were fired. There is no information yet on the identity of the suspect. Michael Stevens the sheriff says the wounded officer is a police veteran. Brian loftus michael. Was there only one person arrested in connection with the shooting . Michael Stevens brain. As of right now. All we know is one person has been arrested. More ar
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
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. Michael Stevens lombardo says its not clear what prompted the shooting or how the man eluded police who blanketed a wide area around where shots were fired. There is no information yet on the identity of the suspect. Michael Stevens the sheriff says the wounded officer is a married father and a 21year police veteran. Brian loftus michael. Was there only one person arrested in connection with the shooting . Michael Stevens brian. As of right now. Been arrested. More arrests could come from the investigation. Police Shootings happened earlier this week. Place monday. The first happened near nellis and craig. Investigators say Brenda Kimberling was shot by police after they say she pointed a gun at officers after an hours long standoff. Two police swat snipers shot her. She was pronounced dead on scene. brian loftus and the s
Parallel to the southeast coast of the u. S. Today and will approach land tomorrow night. Both the romney and Obama Campaigns have canceled scheduled events already due to sandy. So if youre in an affected area, stay inside, stay off the roads and stay tuned into msnbc. All right. Now, lets turn to the final countdown. I wanted to sing that but i dont have a very good singing voice. But were in the final days and we can all agree that the way a political candidate runs a race is important, but how a candidate closes the deal is crucial. And with just one more week left until election day, this is when the candidates closing strategies kick in. While weve harped on battleground states, a new analysis by the Associated Press shows in the case to 270, may come down to 106 counties. These are counties with names like hamilton county, ohio, loudoun county, virginia, and hills bborough county, florida. Theyre the same ones that george w. Bush won in 2004 and that then senator obama wan in 20
Scott walker. Michelle obama has been to the state twice. The president s timing is interesting. The latef ras mussen poll has mary burke up one point over scott walker. Things are close down in georgia, as well. It shows that Michelle Nunn is up on Republican David Perdue by two points. The the democrats would love to have a senate seat out of the south again. Then, of course, theres kentucky. Last week, democrats a lot of stories how the democrats pulled all of their funding out of kentucky because they thought Mitch Mcconnell had this wrapped up. And a survey showing mock connell is only up by a point and this is a winnable race frr grimes, and democrats reversed course and decided to restore funding in kentucky. I will be in lexington, kentucky on monday to bring you more of the story. Meanwhile, other races around the country are not as close for the dems. Energy is making a big play in these races. For instance, in colorado, republican governor cory gardner is up by mark udall an