LAS VEGAS — One person was killed and 13 people were injured early Saturday after a shooting in a hookah lounge near the Las Vegas Strip, authorities said.
Two victims were listed in critical condition, according to KVUU-TV.
The incident happened around 3:15 a.m. PST, KSNV-TV reported.
According to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Capt. Dori Koren, the shooting occurred at Manny’s Glow Afterdark. Detectives believe that two men began arguing during a party at the lounge, which resulted in at least two guns being fired, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
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At a news conference later Saturday, Koren did not have information on what kinds of guns were used and did not have a description of a suspect, according to the newspaper.
“It’s a fairly large scene so it’s going so take some time to go through the entire scene,” Koren told reporters. “We’re not really sure exactly what kind of weapon was used, or exactly if there were two shooters. We believe there was an exchange of gunfire, but we’re still looking into all of information.
“I can assure you they (suspect or suspects) will be caught,” Koren said. “Our agency takes a lot of pride in the fact that our homicide section has the best solvability rate in the country.”
The identity of the man who was killed will be released by the coroner’s office, KTNV-TV reported.
Koren credited the officers who arrived at the scene and quickly applied tourniquets and performed CPR on the victims, the Review-Journal reported.
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