1 man killed and 4 others injured in shooting at Las Vegas homeless encampment, police say

(CNN) — One man was killed and four others were injured in a shooting Friday evening at a homeless encampment in eastern Las Vegas, and investigators are trying to determine who fired the shots and what led to the violence, police said.

The shooting happened around 5:35 p.m. near the intersection of Charleston Boulevard and Honolulu Street, Las Vegas police Lt. Jason Johansson said in a news conference Friday night.

Police initially told CNN, before the news conference, that two people were killed and three others were injured – and that all five people shot were homeless. However, Johansson didn’t say the five were homeless at the Friday night news conference, and Las Vegas police Lt. Michael Rodriguez would not confirm whether any of the five were unhoused when CNN reached him by phone early Saturday.

The person who died was a man in his 50s, Johansson said. The four others injured are three men in their 30s – one in critical condition, and two in stable condition – and a male adult teenager in stable condition, Johansson said Friday night. The names of those who were shot weren’t released.

Witnesses saw a male flee the scene in a dark sedan after the shooting, but investigators don’t know if that person was involved, Johansson said. Details about what to led to the shooting were unclear Friday night.

The shooting at the homeless encampment comes as police in Los Angeles are searching for a suspect they believe fatally shot three homeless people in that city this week. The three were killed in separate shootings, and believed to have been alone and sleeping when they were attacked, the Los Angeles police chief said.

The LAPD issued a safety bulletin Friday encouraging unhoused people to sleep in shelters rather than on the streets.

The shooting in Las Vegas does not initially appear to be related to the fatal shootings in Los Angeles, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said.

“From my understanding, all of their victims (in Los Angeles) were sleeping alone and targeted at night,” Johannson said Friday night. “This is quite a bit different than that scenario.”

Las Vegas police declined to give more details on the investigation Saturday after CNN asked the department whether they had contacted LAPD regarding the Los Angeles homicides. No arrests have been made in either city.

This story has been updated with additional information.

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