Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 | 11:48 p.m.
Officer-involved shooting
A Metro Police officer fired multiple shots at a man Wednesday night in the eastern Las Vegas Valley, leaving the man critically wounded.
Police Capt. Patrick Neville said dispatchers received a call at 9:12 p.m. about unknown trouble at an office building at 3430 East Flamingo Road, near Pecos-McLeod. Police said an officer pulled into the parking lot and saw a man standing outside a pickup truck.
Neville said there was a confrontation between the officer and the man, prompting the officer to fire about five shots at the man. Police weren't releasing other details about the confrontation or events leading up to it.
The man, who police said appeared to be in his early 40s, was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in critical condition, Neville said. The officer wasn't injured.
Police weren't releasing details late Wednesday about whether the man was armed.
Neville said the officer hadn't been interviewed Wednesday night. No one else witnessed the shooting, police said.
The officer has been placed on paid administrative leave, which is standard procedure in cases of officer-involved shootings. The officer's name hasn't been released.
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