LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Las Vegas police officers are on scene of a reported kidnapping that turned into an active barricade on Thursday night.
Officers were originally called to the area of Eastern Avenue and Coronado Center at 7:30 p.m. on a report of a female who was kidnapped at gunpoint from a nail salon, officials told Channel 13.
According to LVMPD Homicide Lt. Jason Johnasson, the victim and suspect had previously been in a relationship and had a child in common.
Police identified the suspect and went to his residence in the area of Fort Apache and Sunset roads, where they "attempted to make contact with the suspect," officials said.
According to police, he "refused to come out."
During negotiations with the suspect, police "observed two additional females and a 3-year-old child" inside the home.
SWAT officers were notified and dispatched to the barricade, where they secured the release of one of the additional females and the 3-year-old child, according to Lt. Johansson.
Officers entered the residence and located the male suspect "with a single gunshot wound to the head," along with the female victim, who was "unresponsive."
Lt. Johansson said the male suspect was transported to UMC, where he was pronounced deceased. The female victim was pronounced deceased at the scene, though police are still working to confirm how she died.
