Two shot in ‘gunbattle’ outside Boulder Station

Police say altercation escalated in parking lot

Two people were shot after they traded bullets in a “gunbattle” outside Boulder Station on Saturday night, Las Vegas police confirmed.

Officers responded to the east Las Vegas hotel-casino after they were alerted by security about a shooting, Metropolitan Police Department

Lt. Chris Holmes said at a Saturday night briefing near the scene.

Two people had an altercation in a parking lot and exchanged shots, he said. It wasn’t clear what led to the altercation.

“Anything that involves a casino or an area that’s a high population of locals, tourists, things like that, we’re gonna respond accordingly,” Holmes said.

Both people were taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center with survivable injuries, he said.

Before medical help arrived, an officer on the scene applied a tourniquet to one of the people shot, Holmes said. Police also assisted the second injured person.

“It makes me very proud to see how selfless the officers (are) that do come to these scenes. These chaotic scenes that most people run away from, we’re running towards it,” Holmes said.

Two people were in custody after the shooting, including one person who was injured and one whose involvement wasn’t clear Sunday.

Police said the shooting was contained to the parking lot of the hotel-casino, 4111 Boulder Highway. It appeared few people were in the parking lot when the shooting occurred, Holmes said.

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