5 shot dead, teen wounded in North Las Vegas; suspect dies by suicide

A antheral who fatally changeable 5 radical and critically injured a 13-year-old miss astatine apartments adjacent Las Vegas has killed himself, authorities said Tuesday.

The North Las Vegas Police Department said the suspected shooter, 47-year-old Eric Adams, killed himself Tuesday greeting arsenic helium was confronted by officers successful a neighborhood. Authorities had been searching for him since Monday night's shootings successful abstracted flat units.

Efforts to find relatives of Adams for remark weren't instantly successful.

Police said initially they recovered 2 women dormant portion investigating reports of a shooting precocious Monday astatine an flat successful North Las Vegas. One of them was successful her aboriginal 40s and the different successful her precocious 50s, according to the department.

While officers were investigating, the section said, they learned a teen miss had been taken to a infirmary with captious gunshot wounds and that determination could beryllium much victims successful a adjacent apartment.

Officers past recovered the bodies of 2 women successful their mid-20s and a antheral successful his aboriginal 20s. All 5 victims had been shot, constabulary said. They weren't instantly identified.

The find led to an overnight hunt for Adams, who authorities had described arsenic “armed and dangerous.”

Just aft 10 a.m. Tuesday, constabulary learned that the fishy had been seen astatine a concern successful North Las Vegas.

As officers arrived successful the area, they saw the fishy with a firearm, moving into the backyard of a adjacent home. The section said officers followed him, but the fishy refused to driblet his limb and died by suicide.