Police responded to an apartment complex just before 10 a.m. Police had located a man and a woman after a report of a domestic altercation. They found the woman on the second-floor landing of the apartment. Officers asked her to come down the stairs, and then the man came out of the apartment and fired a shot at police. Officers returned fire. The man went back inside, and the woman was not injured. A short time later, the man allegedly started to fire at officers from an apartment window. Officers again returned fire. He was eventually found dead in the apartment.
Agency: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Motive: domestic disturbance
Confrontation Type: Domestic Disturbance
Service Call: Yes
Body Camera: no
Official Disposition: Pending investigation
Victim Name: Demarko Montez Henderson
Death Date: February 9, 2021
County: Clark
Geography: Suburban
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Race: Black
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: No
Armed: Allegedly Armed
Weapon: gun
Threat Level: attack
Fleeing: not fleeing
Washington Post Database ID: 6600