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Police released new details in a disturbing mass shooting near Las Vegas that killed five people and critically injured another before the gunman turned the gun on himself on Tuesday.
Detectives learned that the suspect, Eric Adams, was visiting his 45-year-old ex-girlfriend at an apartment Casa Norte Drive on Monday, according to a North Las Vegas Police Department press release obtained by Newsweek. Police said the two got into a domestic-related argument that escalated when Adams grabbed a gun.
Adams then shot his ex-girlfriend’s 24-year-old daughter and the daughter’s 22-year-old girlfriend.
A 20-year-old man who lived upstairs and knew the women came downstairs to see if he could help them. Officials said Adams shot the man in the downstairs apartment for “unknown reasons.”
Adams went to the upstairs apartment to confront the man’s 59-year-old grandmother, 40-year-old mother and 13-year-old sister. He then opened fire on all three of them.
Police said Adams was unaware of two additional people in another area of the apartment at the time. They were unharmed.
The 13-year-old was taken to University Medical Center’s trauma center in critical condition. The other five victims were pronounced dead at the scene.
After the shooting, Adams took his ex-girlfriend hostage and left the apartment. The ex-girlfriend was able to escape and approached a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Bolden Area Command patrol officer who was conducting an unrelated traffic stop.
North Las Vegas police officers responded to the apartment for reports of a shooting just after 10 p.m. on Monday and located the victims in the upstairs apartment. With information provided by the ex-girlfriend, they then found the three additional victims in the downstairs apartment.
A manhunt for Adams ensued. Police warned the public that Adams was believed to be armed and extremely dangerous.
Adams was found in the 1600 block of Dwayne Stedman Avenue. He fled to the backyard of a nearby residence, where he died by suicide after ignoring officers’ commands to drop his firearm.
There is no longer any threat to the community, officials said.
“The surviving victims and their families are being assisted by the North Las Vegas Police Department, victim advocates and detectives, to help them through this difficult time,” the police department said in the release.
The incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information about the crime should contact the North Las Vegas Department at 702-633-9111.
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