LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a string of robberies that took place on Tuesday — all events happened near schools: Spring Valley High School, Valley High School, and Durango High School.
The first incident happened on Aug. 13 around 1:30 p.m.. LVMPD officers said they were notified of a robbery that happened in the 5500 block of South Rainbow Boulevard.
Then, moments later, officers said they got a second report of a robbery in the 7600 block of West Flamingo Road.
LVMPD said an hour after the second report, a third robbery was reported in the 4800 block of Burnham Avenue.
A few minutes later, police said a fourth incident was reported but nothing was taken — marking it as an attempted robbery.
The leadership at Spring Valley Area Command said they immediately began coordinating efforts to locate and arrest any suspects involved in these incidents.
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Officers said they determined that these events were related based on suspect and vehicle descriptions. They also said this was an isolated incident.
On Wednesday around 2 p.m., officers said they found a suspicious vehicle matching the description of the vehicle used — a blue SUV. They said they then apprehended a male juvenile suspect after a short pursuit on foot near Flamingo Road and Buffalo Drive.
This is an ongoing investigation.
