Published Friday, Aug. 14, 2009 | 9:56 p.m.
Updated Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009 | 11:38 a.m.
Michael Gibbs
Officer-involved shooting
A police officer shot a man wielding a knife Friday evening at a trailer park near Nellis Air Force Base, Metro Police said.
After receiving reports of a man with a gun, two uniformed officers responded at about 8 p.m. to the trailer park at 3825 N. Nellis Blvd. The officers found a man who fit the description and confronted him, police said.
When officers, who were between 20 and 30 feet from the man, asked him show them his hands, the man instead reached under his shirt and pulled out a large bowie knife, said Capt. Randy Montandon. The man was identified Saturday as 36-year-old Michael Gibbs.
Officers -- thinking the knife was a gun -- fired multiple shots and Gibbs was taken to University Medical Center for treatment, police said.
Gibbs was booked in abstentia in connection with assault with a deadly weapon and felony resisting arrest.
Officers weren't injured in the incident, police said. Traffic in the area was disrupted as police investigated.
Anyone with any information is being asked to call CrimeStoppers at 385-5555 or the Metro Police Homicide Section at 828-3521.
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