UPDATE: The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department tweeted that their SWAT Team entered the hotel room just after 2:45 p.m. local time and captured the hostage taker. The female hostage was in the room and “is safe.”
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is on scene at Caesars Palace hotel where a possibly armed man is holding a hostage.
Police went to the room where the situation unfolded and “a male inside said he was armed and refused to come out,” FOX 5 Vegas reported.
Police noted that no shots had been fired.
The New York Posted noted the incident was allegedly “a domestic disturbance.”
NetworkinVegas tweeted on-scene video showing the window of the room has been broken out and objects are being thrown from the room:
Las Vegas police SWAT standoff at Caesars Palace – armed man busting windows out of Caesars hotel room on Las Vegas Strip sources say he is armed and fear he could stray shooting… pic.twitter.com/L19SQV7J1x
— NetworkinVegas.com (@Networkinvegas) July 11, 2023
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Bureau Commander Stephen Connell told 8 News Now the female hostage “is still in the room at this time. The female has been heard from and is still OK.”
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