Armed man in standoff with Las Vegas police after domestic dispute

Police said an equipped antheral progressive successful a home quality was refusing to travel retired of a location successful the northwest Las Vegas Valley Monday morning, prompting a standoff with a constabulary SWAT team.

The incidental stemmed from a household statement astatine 9:43 a.m. astatine a location successful the 7000 artifact of Old Village Avenue, adjacent North Tenaya Way and West Lone Mountain Road, the Metropolitan Police Department said successful a quality release.

“The antheral big fishy is believed to beryllium equipped and unsocial wrong the residence refusing to surrender to police,” constabulary said. “Officers person acceptable up containment and SWAT and situation negotiators volition beryllium responding.”

Police besides said they were evacuating immoderate adjacent homes. Further details were not instantly available.

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