Correction: This story has been changed to accurately reflect the age of the victim.
LAS VEGAS ( KLAS ) — A man is dead after a shooting at a Henderson shopping center, police said.
The shooting occurred on Wednesday, June 12, at around 1:30 p.m. in the 500 block of Marks Street in Henderson. When first responders arrived, they found a man who had been shot and was bleeding. Officers attempted to help him, but he died at the scene.
Witnesses told 8 News Now the shooting occurred in the Walmart store parking lot.
According to police, multiple 911 calls were made, with callers telling police the shooting was between two men in the parking lot.
The shooting occurred on Wednesday around 1:30 p.m. in the 500 block of Marks Street in Henderson. When first responders arrived, they found a man who had been shot and was bleeding. Officers attempted to help him, but he died at the scene. (KLAS)
The shooting occurred on Wednesday around 1:30 p.m. in the 500 block of Marks Street in Henderson. When first responders arrived, they found a man who had been shot and was bleeding. Officers attempted to help him, but he died at the scene. (KLAS)
The shooting occurred on Wednesday around 1:30 p.m. in the 500 block of Marks Street in Henderson. When first responders arrived, they found a man who had been shot and was bleeding. Officers attempted to help him, but he died at the scene. (KLAS)
The shooting occurred on Wednesday around 1:30 p.m. in the 500 block of Marks Street in Henderson. When first responders arrived, they found a man who had been shot and was bleeding. Officers attempted to help him, but he died at the scene. (KLAS)
During the investigation, police learned a 38-year-old man approached a vehicle “in a confrontational manor” with a gun in his hand. Another man in the vehicle shot the man, who then shot several times toward the vehicle as it drove away.
Medical personnel attempted lifesaving measures, but he succumbed to his injuries at the scene.
The man who shot the victim remained on scene and was cooperative with detectives, who are investigating the homicide as possibly being self-defense. No arrests were made.
Some shoppers and staff members who were there at the time of the shooting spoke to 8 News Now.
Tina Tersek told 8 News Now she was shopping inside the store with her grandson when she heard gunshots outside. She was later told by police her car had been involved in the shooting. Tersek then went outside and noticed that her passenger front window had been blown out.
Tina Tersek told 8 News Now she was shopping inside the store with her grandson when she heard gunshots outside. (KLAS)
“We just came in to get groceries and all the sudden some sirens were going off in there and they were herding us out to the back door, about 10 minutes later they let us back in to finish shopping and when I got out here I couldn’t get to my car, they told me it had been shot,” Tersek said.
Tina Tersek told 8 News Now she was shopping inside the store with her grandson when she heard gunshots outside. She was later told by police her car had been involved in the shooting. Tersek then went outside and noticed that her passenger front window had been blown out. (KLAS)
Mireya Navarrete works at Walmart and told 8 News Now that at the time of the shooting, she didn’t hear the gunshots but she saw staff members run out of the store and give the man medical attention.
Police said as of 2:30 p.m., no other injuries were reported in the shooting.
The Walmart store was closed to customers Wednesday evening. Walmart staff confirmed to 8 News Now Wednesday evening that the store would re-open Thursday at 6 a.m.
The investigation into the deadly shooting is ongoing, police said.
The identity of the victim, as well as the cause and manner of death, will be released by the Clark County Coroner’s Office after next of kin notifications.
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