By Associated Press - Saturday, October 27, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Las Vegas police say officers fatally shot a man who refused to put down an object which officers thought might be a weapon as he continued to approach them.

Police say the incident occurred early Saturday morning near Decatur Boulevard and Warm Springs Road after a resident noticed a man walking through a neighborhood acting suspiciously and carrying a long object of some kind.

According to police, the man had what appeared to responding officers to be a weapon in his hand and he refused to put it down and obey officers’ commands.



No identities were released.

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