2 Dead After Man Kidnaps and Kills Ex-Girlfriend, Then Self in Nevada

Las Vegas Police Department.

The witnesses got his license plate number and called police, allowing officers to quickly identify the man, according to localFox 5.“The Initial 911 calls indicated a Hispanic male had entered a nail salon and had taken a female at gunpoint and had forced her out of the business and forced her into a silver SUV,” Las Vegas Metropolitan Lt. Jason Johansson told localKLAS.

Johansson told reporters that police were soon led to the man’s house, where a “horrific incident” played out. Police said the man refused to come out of the house, holding his ex-girlfriend, their 3-year-old child, and two other women who were at the home hostage inside.

Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.After a few hours, a responding SWAT team was able to get the toddler and one of the women safely out of the home, according to localKSNV. However, the suspect, his ex-girlfriend and one of the other women were still inside.

“It was at that time we were able to confirm the suspect was still inside the house and armed with numerous firearms,” Johansson told reporters. Responding officers soon learned the kidnapped ex-girlfriend was unresponsive inside, so they entered the home, discovering her and the suspect wounded.

She was pronounced dead at the scene, according to KLAS, while the suspect was transported to University Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the head and later pronounced dead. Fox 5 reports the other woman who was still inside the home was found unharmed, hiding in a bedroom.“This was a horrific incident across the board,” Johansson told reporters, according to KSNV.

source: people.com