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UPDATE: Armed man in custody after refusing to exit trailer in east Las Vegas

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UPDATE: The suspect was taken into custody at 9:30 p.m.
 
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The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is on the scene of a barricade situation near East Vegas Valley Drive and South Nellis Boulevard Saturday night.
 
Police say the suspect pistol-whipped a neighbor in the 3000 block of Cabana Drive shortly before 6 p.m.  When police arrived, the armed suspect refused to come out of his trailer.
 
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