LAS VEGAS (AP) - Police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened in a Las Vegas apartment building.
Police say a man reported on Thursday night shooting another man who was trying to break into his home.
Police say the shooter, a man in his 20s, was inside the apartment with his 10-year-old son at the time. He told police the intruder knocked, so he opened the door. He told police the two got into a struggle, adding he tried to keep the man out before pulling the trigger.
Homicide Lt. Dan McGrath said the shooting was a possible self-defense case.
Police say the victim was a man in his 50s. They say he might have been intoxicated and he lived in the same apartment building on a different floor.
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