LAS VEGAS (AP) - Police in Las Vegas say an officer fired once but missed an armed burglary suspect in a residential backyard before the man was subdued by a neighbor wielding a baseball bat.
Officer Larry Hadfield says the suspected prowler was hospitalized in stable condition with what appeared to be a head injury following his arrest a little before 1 a.m. Thursday.
Police say he may be a juvenile. He wasn’t immediately identified.
Police Capt. Kelly McMahill says the prowler was jumping a backyard wall when he pointed a rifle at the police officer, who fired one shot.
She says one home had been burglarized and a prowler with a rifle was seen on a security camera at another house before police arrived in the gated community several miles south of the Las Vegas Strip.
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