Multiple news agencies reported a heavy police presence in Las Vegas on Monday morning following reports of a shooting.
No details were immediately confirmed by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
According to KVVU-TV, a shooting was reported at a business in the Las Vegas neighborhood of Summerlin.
DEVELOPING: Las Vegas police are investigating a shooting inside a business in Summerlin on Monday morning.
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— Las Vegas Review-Journal (@reviewjournal) April 8, 2024
The department called the situation “dynamic” in a social media post.
“We are investigating a shooting inside a business near Pavilion Center Drive and Charleston,” the department shared on the social media platform X.
Vegas police added, “This is a dynamic event and multiple LVMPD emergency vehicles are responding. Please avoid the area. We will have more info soon.”
#BREAKING We are investigating a shooting inside a business near Pavilion Center Drive and Charleston. This is a dynamic event and multiple LVMPD emergency vehicles are responding. Please avoid the area. We will have more info soon. pic.twitter.com/jAx1qZEvi0
— LVMPD (@LVMPD) April 8, 2024
According to KVVU, some schools in the neighborhood were placed on lockdown after the shooting.
Those lockdowns have since been lifted.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal did not have any details about any potential victims, but reported first responders had been dispatched to the scene of a “shooting.”
Numerous videos purported to have been taken from the scene were circulating online within moments of reports of the shooting:
BREAKING: Multiple victims after a shooting inside a business in the Summerlin area of Las Vegas
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) April 8, 2024
VIDEO: Several people evacuated from Citi National Bank, amid shooting with multiple victims at office building in the Summerlin area of Las Vegas, Nevada.
— AZ Intel (@AZ_Intel_) April 8, 2024
More footage at the scene, as Nevada police report shooting with several victims at a office building in Summerlin, Las Vegas.
Initial reports suggest it occurred at the Prince Law Group, a law firm.
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— Phan Vũ Ngọc Huy (@ISRAELEXPR1948) April 8, 2024
Police later said two major intersections had been closed.
