China News Agency, San Francisco, November 3-A shooting incident occurred on the 3rd in Henderson, Clark County, Nevada, local time, resulting in 4 deaths and 1 injury.
The New York Times reported that the location of the incident was approximately 16 miles southeast of Las Vegas.
The police said that they received a call at around 11 am on the 3rd that a shooting might have occurred in an apartment in Henderson.
Henderson Police Department officer Jason Kuzk said at a press conference held later that day that the caller said that he heard a suspected shooting and saw that someone nearby may have been injured by a gunshot.
Kuzk said that the police found two people shot at the scene and a possible suspect was in a car parked nearby.
The police officer tried to communicate with him, "This led to a shooting incident involving the police."
The Associated Press quoted the police as saying that the police approached the vehicle and hit the suspect.
At present, it is unclear whether the "probable suspect" was injured before the police arrived.
The Associated Press reported that 5 people were taken to the hospital and 4 of them died.
"Las Vegas Review" quoted Kuzk as saying that among the four dead were "probable suspects" shot by police.
The names of the dead have not been confirmed, and the condition of the injured is temporarily unknown.
It is not clear whether all the victims lived in the apartment building where the incident occurred.
When asked about the status of the police involved, Kuzk said that there is no news for the time being.
However, a police spokeswoman later said that no policeman died in the shooting.
Kuzk said at a press conference that the police are still investigating the shooting.
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