Elderly Man’s Son Opens Fire: Kills One Alleged Intruder, Wounds Another

A Las Vegas elderly man’s son opened fire on alleged masked intruders at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, killing one and wounding another.

The Las Vegas Review reported the two alleged intruders tried to gain entry through the back door of the 70-year-old man’s residence, and his son, who is aged 50, opened fire.

One of the alleged intruders, a man in his twenties, died in the backyard, and the second fled the scene in a gray sedan. Minutes later, police received a call of a gray sedan driving recklessly, followed by a report that the sedan had been involved in an accident. “When the driver of the gray car exited the vehicle, he was wearing dark clothing and had a gunshot wound in his lower leg that was not life-threatening.”

The driver was arrested in connection with the alleged home intrusion after going to the hospital.

KTNV noted that the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is looking into area burglaries “to see if there are any possible connections” to the two alleged intruders.

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