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Police: Man Dead After Shooting In Downtown Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas say a man is dead after a shooting involving a security officer in the downtown Fremont Street Experience casino district.

 

Officer Aden OcampoGomez said no one else was injured and there was no ongoing threat following the 2 p.m. Thursday shooting in or near Binion's Gambling Hall casino.

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OcampoGomez says he doesn't immediately have details about the shooting or if any arrest was made.

 

He says the man who was shot was pronounced dead at University Medical Center in Las Vegas.

 

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OcampoGomez says he doesn't immediately know if the shooting was inside or outside a casino or on the four-block sidewalk pedestrian mall with an LED-lighted canopy.