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Las Vegas Police: Armed Car Theft Suspect Shot Dead In Standoff

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas say an armed woman was shot dead after SWAT officers surrounded a reported stolen vehicle that she refused to get out of outside a strip mall.

Officer Larry Hadfield said the shooting happened a little before 10 a.m. Thursday in a shopping center parking lot near Jones Boulevard and Spring Mountain Road. That's several miles west of downtown.

Hadfield says the incident began about 8:35 a.m. with officers responding to a report of a stolen vehicle.

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The identity of the woman and the officers involved in the shooting weren't immediately made public.

Hadfield says the shooting is the 11th involving Las Vegas police in 2015.