Man faces 8 felonies after being shot by officers at Red Rock Canyon

A antheral who survived an officer-involved shooting astatine the Red Rock Canyon scenic loop aboriginal Thursday has been booked into a Southern Nevada jailhouse connected 8 felonies.

Erik Legried, 29, was housed astatine the Clark County Detention Center connected suspicion of artillery with usage of a deadly limb against a archetypal responder, resisting nationalist authoritative with deadly limb not involving a firearm, and damaging oregon destroying authorities spot worthy much than $5,000.

Authorities did not merchandise Legried’s name, but constabulary records amusement Legried was booked astatine the jailhouse nether the aforesaid Metropolitan Police Department lawsuit fig generated from a Nevada Highway Patrol shooting astatine the loop conscionable aft 7 a.m. Thursday.

Highway Patrol spokesperson Travis Smaka said troopers, Metro officers and Bureau of Land Management rangers responded to a study of a driver, perchance armed, successful distress adjacent the scenic loop entry. When they arrived, the antheral utilized his achromatic Toyota Tacoma to ram constabulary vehicles and was changeable adjacent the parking batch of the visitant center, Smaka said. He besides said that the fishy had utilized his motortruck to harm fencing adjacent a campground successful the aforesaid area.

Legried was hospitalized, past jailed. The quality of his injuries has not been released. Smaka said an probe is ongoing to discern however galore officers discharged their weapons and which officers really changeable Legried. Metro said nary of their officers fired immoderate shots.

Las Vegas Valley tribunal records showed nary past of arrests successful Southern Nevada for Legried. The scenic loop, meanwhile, was unfastened connected Friday.

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