I-15 SB lanes closed near Las Vegas Strip due to deadly freeway shooting: police
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Las Vegas police have closed all lanes along I-15 southbound from Spring Mountain Road to Flamingo following a freeway shooting involving two vehicles.
According to Las Vegas Metro police, the shooting took place on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. when a driver headed south on I-15 between Spring Mountain and Flamingo roads was shot at by a person in another car.
The person who was hit then crashed into a center median. That person was taken to a hospital where he passed away, police said.
The transit authority’s email alert system started sending out the message shortly before 9 p.m. on Thursday that two lanes were blocked at Flamingo Road. By 9:05 p.m. another message was sent out by RTC that all lanes were blocked at Spring Mountian Road.
Drivers were advised to use other routes. No other information has been released.
This is a developing story.
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