Man barricaded in bus on the Las Vegas Strip is in custody after shooting kills one, police say

Las Vegas police say they have taken a suspect into custody after he barricaded himself inside a bus on the Las Vegas Strip just outside the The Cosmopolitan hotel after a shooting left one person dead and one person in fair condition.

The Las Vegas Journal-Review reports that the police responded to reports of a shooting just before 11 a.m. Saturday. The situation was eventually resolved just before 3:25 p.m. local time. A police spokesperson said the suspect was taken into custody without incident.

After initial reports that just one person was hurt in the shooting, police announced that one person had been killed and that another has been transported to the hospital, per 8 News Now.

The Associated Press reports that the injured person is in “fair” condition. A police spokesperson later said the person had “minor injuries”

The spokesperson also said they do not believe there is a second shooter or that the shooting has any connections to terrorism. The shooting took place on a double-decker public bus, and police confirmed that the suspect was an armed male with a handgun who was alone in the bus.

The Las Vegas Sun reports that part of the Strip is shut down while the police investigates. There were also reports that police are communicating with the suspect in the bus over loudspeaker.

Meanwhile, inside The Cosmopolitan, guests are being instructed to stay in their rooms and wait until police clear the hotel.

At around 1:45 p.m., there appeared to be an explosion of some kind near the bus, per KSNV and 8 News Now, as well as other social media reports.

Saturday’s shooting follows close on the heels of a robbery early in the morning in the Bellagio hotel and casino. According to USA Today, the robbery took place just before 3 a.m. and involved three suspects wearing suits or tuxedos and animal masks who smashed the windows of a jewelry store and ran off while guests watched.

According to the Las Vegas Journal-Review, several people have been detained in relation to the robbery, but no arrests have been announced. Initial reports indicated that one or more of the robbers was armed, but investigators later said there were no shots fired.

The Bellagio and The Cosmopolitan are located next to each other on Las Vegas Boulevard, which is famous for its casinos and hotels, but police said there is “no information that suggests that these incidences have ... any connection.”

This story was originally published March 25, 2017 at 1:09 PM with the headline "Man barricaded in bus on the Las Vegas Strip is in custody after shooting kills one, police say."