UPDATE 5:15 p.m.: The wanted person who was involved in a barricade with police has been arrested and taken into custody.
Las Vegas police are warning the public of a large police presence in the west valley on Friday afternoon.
Officers are in a standoff near Charleston Boulevard and Fort Apache Road with a wanted person whom police say refused to exit an apartment in the 9200 block of West Charleston.
Police first located the individual in the area at approximately 8:39 a.m. Since the person refused to cooperate with officers, the situation was declared a barricade, a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson told Channel 13 in an email.
SWAT and crisis negotiators have been called to the area.
Members of the public are asked to stay away while police work to take the wanted individual into custody.
This is a developing story.
