A manhunt for a gunman responsible for killing five people in North Las Vegas ended Tuesday morning after police located him just before he committed suicide.
According to a news release from the North Las Vegas Police Department, 47-year-old Eric Adams was identified by police as a suspect in two shootings on Monday night.
Five people were reportedly killed and a 13-year-old girl was hospitalized in critical condition with a gunshot wound after the shooting spree at two apartments, CNN reported Wednesday.
Around 10 p.m. on Monday, police received reports of a shooting at an apartment complex on Casa Norte Drive, the release said.
When officers arrived, CrimesChroniclers learnt that police located two adult females, one in her early 40s and another in her late 50s, with gunshot wounds.
According to police, they were later pronounced dead by medical personnel.
Police later located a third victim, a 13-year-old female, who also had a gunshot wound.
As of Monday night, she was in critical condition at UMC Trauma Center.
Three more victims were also found at another apartment in the same complex with gunshot wounds: two women in their mid-20s and a man in his early 20s.
All three were pronounced dead at the scene, according to CNN.
Police then identified Adams as a suspect and the manhunt began overnight.
Police searched throughout the night for Adams until around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, when they received a tip that he was at a business on East Lake Mead Boulevard.
When police arrived at that area, Adams fled to the backyard of a nearby residence.
“Officers began giving Adams verbal commands to drop the firearm, however, Adams ignored those commands and died by suicide,” the release says.
Police are continuing their investigation into the incident
