For the second time in less than 24 hours, police have swarmed the Las Vegas Strip after at least one person was killed in a shooting near the Cosmopolitan hotel and casino.
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Police said Saturday afternoon that the situation was not an active shooter situation.
The suspect peacefully surrendered around 6 p.m., according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
Around 11:30 a.m. Las Vegas police reported that they were investigating a shooting that occurred on South Las Vegas Boulevard.
Authorities believed an individual who was on a bus that was traveling on the strip is responsible for the shooting.
Police closed portions of the strip, and set up a staging area and a barricade.
Guests at the Cosmopolitan resort were evacuated.
Shortly after 11 a.m., KSNV reported that at least one victim of a shooting had been transported to University Medical Center trauma in unknown condition.
At 1 p.m. Saturday, authorities reported a second victim had been killed.
According to USA Today, police evacuated the nearby Cosmopolitan hotel and casino shortly after 1 p.m.
“The shooting incident happened on the bus,” said Larry Hadfield, a spokesman with Las Vegas Metro police. “We had one single shooting incident with two victims. Both were transported to the trauma center and one is deceased.”
Hadfield said police were negotiating with the suspect Saturday afternoon in an effort to take him into custody, USA Today reported.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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