Man shoots suspect armed with knife in central valley
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Las Vegas police said detectives were investigating a shooting in the central valley on Sunday night.
The incident started about 6 p.m. on April 5, according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Lt. David Gordon. Officers were in the area of West Washington Avenue and Spyglass Lane, near Decatur Boulevard.
At the scene, LVMPD homicide Lt. Ray Spencer said the investigation started as the Metro air unit observed a motorcyclist acting “suspicious” in a shopping center near Sahara Avenue and Decatur Boulevard.
Spencer said the motorcyclist then took off recklessly, speeding northbound on Decatur. The air unit followed to a community near Decatur and Bonanza Road.
At Vermont Avenue, Spencer said the motorcycle either stopped or crashed. The rider got off, removed his motorcycle gear, then ran eastbound toward the Friendly Ford dealership.
The suspect then jumped a barbed wire fence behind the dealership into a neighborhood. Spencer said a citizen, a CCW carrier in his 40s, went outside and saw the police helicopter above him.
The man told police he saw the suspect, a man in his 20s, jump the fence. He reportedly told the suspect he was calling the police and to stop running. The man followed the suspect to a pathway in the condominium complex, Spencer said, when the suspect pulled out a knife.
The man fired two rounds, hitting the suspect, then went to get a first aid kit. Metro officers arrived on scene and helped the man render aid. When medical arrived, Spencer said the suspect was pronounced dead on scene.
The citizen told police what happened and at the scene, Spencer said they believe the shooting was in self-defense. However, the case will be sent to the Clark County District Attorney’s office for review.
Pizza shop owner shoots attempted robber in Wissinoming
WISSINOMING – Authorities say a 16-year-old is in stable condition after he was shot by a pizza shop owner during an attempted robbery.
According to police, the incident happened on the 5800 block of Torresdale Avenue just after 10:30 p.m.
The teen allegedly tried to rob the store at gunpoint when the owner shot him once in the top of the left hand.
Police say the shop owner is legally authorized to carry a firearm.
The teen was taken to Jefferson-Torresdale Hospital by private vehicle and placed in stable condition.
Authorities say the suspect is currently in custody.
Homeowner shoots suspect in West Plains home invasion
SPOKANE COUNTY — A man who said he was just doing a homeowners dishes was shot by the homeowner in a possible occupied residential burglary last night.
According to a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office report, deputies and Airway Heights police officers were called to the home on the 2600 block of North Colville Road — northeast of Airway Heights and north of Palisades Park just off Trails Road — at about 11:55 p.m. on a call of a burglary in progress. The report said the homeowner and his wife were upstairs watching TV and had just turned it off when he heard a noise downstairs.
Fearing an intruder the homeowner armed himself with a shotgun and went downstairs where he encountered a man, later identified as 29-year-old Kenneth B. Caldero, in the kitchen using the microwave. When the homeowner asked Caldero what he was doing he replied he was doing their dishes, upon which the homeowner told him to leave.
Caldero failed to follow the instructions, and the homeowner again demand he leave. Caldero began walking toward the house’s staircase, and fearing for his family’s safety, yelled at him to stop or he would fire, at which point Caldero apparently advanced on the homeowner and struggle ensued. The homeowner fired a round of birdshot into the home’s floor, at which point Caldero stepped back and then again advanced on the homeowner.
The homeowner was able to load another round in the shotgun’s chamber as Caldero continued his advance and fire a round into the intruder’s leg. Caldero subsequently fled the residence and was found by officers a short distance away yelling for help and bleeding profusely from his thigh. Officers applied immediate medical attention to deal with Caldero’s wound, and after medics arrived and rendered further assistance, he was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Caldero told officers he thought he was at a friends house and went inside to use the bathroom but must have gone into the wrong house because “some guy shot him.” He provided the name of the friend, but after further questioning said his friend was in prison, which deputies were able to confirm. Deputies were unable to locate any call history of Caldero’s friend at the victim’s residence or even near it.
Caldero remains hospitalized and will face first-degree burglary charges when released. Deputies said the homeowner will not face charges with the information currently known.