LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Las Vegas Metro Police have taken a suspect into custody Monday evening after the suspect barricaded himself in an RTC bus.
Police tell Channel 13 that several officers have been injured in the situation, though it is currently unclear how they were injured. The suspect barricaded himself in a bus on Durango and Blue Diamond after, police say, he battered the bus driver.
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According to initial reports, police officers have described the suspect as in a state of "excited delirium."
Officers on the scene were attempting to yell verbal commands at the suspect, and a K-9 unit was spotted arriving on the scene.
Channel 13 will update this story with new information as it becomes available.
