One Injured, One Dead After Shooting on Vegas Bus

 

A gunman is barricaded in a bus on the Las Vegas strip after opening fire near the Cosmopolitan hotel, injuring one and killing another.

Per News 3 Las Vegas:

One victim has been transported to University Medical Center trauma in unknown condition. At this time, officers believe the suspect is on a bus on Las Vegas Boulevard. This incident is being treated as a barricade at this time. There is no credible information that there is a second suspect and no other victims have been located. The Boulevard is closed from East Harmon Avenue to East Flamingo Road.

This is a developing story and we will update as more details become available.

UPDATE — 6:3o p.m. EST:

The man reportedly left the bus voluntarily and calmly, according to Fox 5.

Authorities do not believe the incident was terroristic in nature.

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