LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Detectives with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department are investigating the deaths of a man and woman who were shot outside a business in the south-central valley on Wednesday.
Investigators were on scene in the area of Sunset and Paradise roads. As of 9 a.m., police had blocked off the entirety of Pamalyn Avenue from Bermuda Road to Caballo Street.
heavy police presence @ a business park near harry reid international airport…police blocking a small street off bermuda rd. pic.twitter.com/1mfviz9L7x
— rachel moore (@rachelann_moore) January 4, 2023
Lt. Jason Johansson with the LVMPD's Homicide Section said officers were called to the area at 7:52 a.m. Initially, they were told the shooting happened inside the business, but arriving officers found the male and female unresponsive in the parking lot, he said.
🚨detectives wrap up huddle near the crime scene investigative truck that got here an hr ago…witnesses say they heard 3 gun shots before 8a then saw dozens of cop cars flying down pamalyn ave, then several ppl were exiting the building…still waiting for lieutenant briefing
— rachel moore (@rachelann_moore) January 4, 2023
Neither person had been publicly identified as of this report. Johansson said the woman appeared to be in her 20s, while the man appeared to be in his 40s.
🚨murder-suicide investigation: man in his 40s was waiting for his ex-girlfriend in her 20s to show up to work...when her friend dropped her off he shot her then shot himself...they broke up last fall, police are investigating if there are any prior incidents w couple
— rachel moore (@rachelann_moore) January 4, 2023
The woman's friend drove her to work and was dropping her off when the man "came out of hiding" and shot her, Johansson said.
Police were told the man started to walk back to his car, but then returned and shot himself in the head.
Johansson said the man and woman had been in a long-term relationship, but are said to have broken up in the fall of 2022.
Homicide detectives' investigation into the shooting was ongoing as of this report.
