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Man armed with knife near UNLV causes restaurant evacuation

Area where police negotiated with a man armed with a knife near UNLV campus.
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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Police have brought a man into their custody after safely negotiating a standoff inside a Chipotle near UNLV on Monday.

The man was armed with a knife and ran into the nearby restaurant which then had to be evacuated around 6 p.m.

There, police say they established dialogue with the man and were able to safely take him into custody without further incident.

Investigations remain ongoing as of Monday evening.

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