Tragic Shooting Spree Near Las Vegas Ends in Suspect's Suicide

In a tragic incident near Las Vegas, a man named Eric Adams fatally shot five people and critically injured a 13-year-old girl before killing himself. The shootings took place in separate apartment units, leading to an overnight search for the suspect. The motive remains unknown.

A man who fatally shot five people and critically injured a 13-year-old girl at apartments near Las Vegas has killed himself, authorities said Tuesday.

The North Las Vegas Police Department announced that the 57-year-old suspected shooter, Eric Adams, killed himself Tuesday morning as he was confronted by officers in a neighborhood. Authorities had been searching for him since Monday night's shootings in separate apartment units.

Efforts to locate relatives of Adams for comment weren't immediately successful.

Police initially found two women dead while investigating reports of a shooting late Monday at an apartment in North Las Vegas. One of them was in her early 40s and the other in her late 50s, according to the department.

While officers were investigating, the department said, they learned a teenage girl had been taken to a hospital with critical gunshot wounds and that there could be more victims in a nearby apartment.

Officers then discovered the bodies of two women in their mid-20s and a man in his early 20s. All five victims had been shot, according to the police. They weren't immediately identified.

The discovery prompted an overnight search for Adams, described as "armed and dangerous." Just after 10 a.m. Tuesday, police learned that the suspect had been seen at a business in North Las Vegas.

As officers arrived in the area, they saw the suspect with a firearm, running into the backyard of a nearby home. Officers pursued him, but the suspect refused to drop his weapon and committed suicide.

Police haven't disclosed a motive for the shootings, which they described as an "isolated incident." A police department spokesperson didn't respond Tuesday to phone and emailed requests for more information.

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