Five dead and teenager seriously injured in double shooting in North Las Vegas

NEW DELHI: At least five people were killed and a teenager seriously injured in a shooting in north Las Vegas. The suspect, identified as Eric Adams, 47, was later found by police and had committed suicide.

North Las Vegas police reported that Adams was responsible for two shootings in different apartment complexes on Monday night. In addition to the five fatalities, a 13-year-old girl was hospitalized in critical condition with a gunshot wound.

Police initially responded to reports of a shooting at an apartment complex on Casa Norte Drive, where they discovered two adult women with gunshot wounds, one in her early 40s and the other in her late 50s. Both were later pronounced dead by medical personnel. A third victim, a 13-year-old female, was also found at the scene and taken to the UMC Trauma Center in critical condition.

At a nearby apartment complex, police found three more victims who had been shot – two women in their mid-20s and a man in his early 20s. All three were pronounced dead at the scene.

After Adams was identified as a suspect, an all-night manhunt began. On Tuesday morning, police received a tip that Adams was at a business on East Lake Mead Boulevard. When he arrived there, Adams fled into the backyard of a nearby residence. “Officers verbally ordered Adams to drop the weapon, but Adams ignored these instructions and committed suicide,” the press release states.