Police to brief on officer’s fatal shooting of burglary suspect — WATCH LIVE

The Metropolitan Police Department connected Monday was to supply an update connected a constabulary shooting that killed a suspected burglar Thursday successful southeast Las Vegas.

The antheral died astatine Sunrise Hospital and Medical, constabulary said.

The shooting occurred astir 10:30 a.m. connected the 6100 artifact of Frances Celia Avenue, adjacent Duck Creek Trail and Broadbent Boulevard.

Officer Jason Guerra was responding to a study of a burglary erstwhile helium spotted a antheral walking adjacent who matched the suspect’s description, constabulary said astatine the time.

Guerra, 40, opened occurrence erstwhile the antheral “charged” astatine him with a knife, constabulary said.

The shooting was the archetypal by a Metro serviceman successful 2022. Last year, the section reported 10 constabulary shootings, six of which were fatal. One resulted successful a suicide.

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