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| Officer shot in Las Vegas, with reports of police-involved shooting elsewhere in the city | Officer shot in Las Vegas, with reports of police-involved shooting elsewhere in the city |
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| Two separate shootings involving police officers are being investigated in Las Vegas, the city police department said. In one of them an officer was shot. | Two separate shootings involving police officers are being investigated in Las Vegas, the city police department said. In one of them an officer was shot. |
| The officer was shot near Circus Circus hotel-casino, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said. Some local media claimed he received a fatal head injury, but there was no official confirmation. | |
| The other incident happened outside a federal courthouse in downtown Las Vegas. Officers reportedly returned fire at a person, who started shooting at the scene, and hit the gunman several times. | The other incident happened outside a federal courthouse in downtown Las Vegas. Officers reportedly returned fire at a person, who started shooting at the scene, and hit the gunman several times. |
| The sites of the two shootings are both located on the southern end of Las Vegas Boulevard about 2 miles apart. | |
| Like many other cities in the US, Las Vegas had mass demonstrations on Monday over the death of George Floyd in police custody. There were clashes between police and protesters over the night, with law enforcement using tear gas. There was no immediate indication however that either of the shootings was connected to those clashes. | |
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