Police exchange gunfire with man at convenience store

Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 | 2:45 p.m.

Three robberies and an officer-involved shooting Monday morning ended with one man in custody and a list of unanswered questions, Metro Police said. No one was injured when the man shot at an officer, who returned fire, police said. The first robbery was reported about 1:30 a.m. at a 7-Eleven in the 6300 block of East Lake Mead Boulevard, Metro Police Officer Laura Meltzer said. A second call of a robbery of an individual, either inside or outside another 7-Eleven, this one in the 4600 block of East Charleston Boulevard, came in about 10 minutes later, Meltzer said. Police flooded ...

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By vegasbike (John Dough)

Dec. 17, 2012

4:31 p.m.

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Note to self: Don't venture onto the east side of town.
By ls1

Dec. 17, 2012

7:08 p.m.

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Shots fired and nobody hit. Whats wrong with METRO, better get to the range and practice your shooting if you want some of that easy paid vaction.