This was already mentioned in ClubChat, but I know everybody doesn't read that section regularly. So....
Another Vegas strip club shooting. This time at Penthouse.
From my friends at the club, appreantly there were still a lot of dancers there, and he shot at the floorhosts first.
Holy SHIT.
Metro: Standoff Shooter Is Dead
Officer Shot During Incident In Stable Condition, Police Say
POSTED: 7:26 am PDT June 5, 2008
UPDATED: 12:33 pm PDT June 5, 2008
LAS VEGAS -- Metro police say the man who caused a three-hour standoff that led to an officer being shot is dead, but police did not specify how the man died.
The report came just before 7 a.m. Thursday. Police were called by employees of the Penthouse Club on West Russell Road because a man, who was being ejected by security, refused to leave, police said.
Once police arrived at the club, the man fled in a Hummer, prompting a police chase, police said.
The driver lost control of his car near Hacienda Avenue and Rainbow Boulevard, police said, causing the vehicle to roll over.
After the wreck, the man refused to exit the car and an officer went in to investigate. That is when shots were fired between the wrecked car and the cruiser unit, injuring one of the officers, police said.
The officer, who was shot in the leg, has been hospitalized and is listed in stable condition.
Metro's SWAT division has been deployed to the scene and police have closed Hacienda Avenue from about Rainbow Boulevard to Durango Drive for safety purposes.
The man is still barricaded inside the Hummer at the wreck scene, police said. Police have also started evacuating residents in the area while they negotiate with the shooter.
Crime scene investigators are at the Penthouse Club searching for clues in the case, but said the club had exterior cameras that may help piece this case together.
Officers plan to keep the area of Hacienda Avenue blocked off until their investigation is complete. They said they will not release the name of the shooter until he can be identified and his next of kin has been contacted.
Copyright 2008 by KVVU.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved.



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