Las Vegas Shooting: Two Dead, One In Critical In Early Morning Incident

Two people are dead and a third is in critical condition after an early morning shooting on the 4100 block of Silver Dollar Avenue. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police say that they were shot by a man who had been in the car with them.

It happened around 3:30 Tuesday morning.

The driver and passenger in the front seat were both killed. The driver, a woman who appears to have been in her 20s, was shot at least three times. The man, who appeared to be in his 30s, was shot in the head. (Subscribe to local news alerts on Patch).

The passenger in the back seat, a man in his 20s, was shot in the face and is in critical condition at University Medical Center.

Police believe the four knew each other.

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