In a terrifying shooting at a Las Vegas law office, a gunman opened fire during a child custody hearing and then turned the pistol on himself, killing an attorney and his wife.
About the incident
According to authorities, the gunman, a man in his 70s, shot and killed himself after killing two persons across the table from him during the deposition hearing held in the City National Bank building.
The sources stated that on Monday afternoon, the gunman opened fire at the Prince Law Group office in Summerlin while his son, whom he had been defending, was giving a deposition.
According to Las Vegas police, the gunman’s targets during the incident were “very specific.”
The victims, a man in his 50s and a woman in her 30s, and the gunman, a man in his 70s, have not yet been identified by law enforcement.
The sources claim that the accused shooter killed himself after turning the gun on himself. His son made it out alive.
The shooting was described by the sources as domestic in nature and targeted.
When this incident occur?
According to Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill, the incident happened inside the fifth-floor legal office on West Charleston Boulevard next to Pavilion Center Drive at around 10 a.m. Police reported on Tuesday that the three victims with gunshot wounds were discovered by responding cops. Medical workers declared them dead at the site.
The three deceased persons were named as Ashley Prince, 30, Dennis Prince, 57, and Joseph Houston, 77, by the Clark County Coroner’s Office on Tuesday.
The cause and mode of their deaths have not been disclosed by the coroner.