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Las Vegas constabulary vehicles are seen successful beforehand of a location wherever authorities accidental a landlord argued with 3 tenants implicit unpaid rent earlier shooting them aboriginal Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. Police accidental 2 women died and a antheral was hospitalized with 9 gunshot wounds. The spot owner, a antheral successful his precocious 70s, was arrested. (AP Photo/Ken Ritter)

LAS VEGAS – A landlord argued with his live-in tenants implicit unpaid rent earlier opening occurrence with a handgun astatine a tiny location adjacent downtown Las Vegas aboriginal Tuesday, sidesplitting 2 women and wounding a antheral who suffered 9 gunshot wounds, constabulary said.

The suspect, a antheral successful his precocious 70s, surrendered aft a standoff with constabulary who arrived astir 12:30 a.m. to find 1 pistillate dormant extracurricular the pinkish one-story location and the wounded antheral coming retired the door, constabulary Lt. Ray Spencer said.

Police SWAT officers recovered the 2nd pistillate dormant wrong the house, Spencer said.

The names of the dormant women and the wounded man, each successful their 50s, were not instantly made public.

The antheral was hospitalized successful captious information and was expected to survive, Spencer said.

Police confiscated a 9mm handgun and the homeowner was being questioned. He was expected to beryllium jailed pending a tribunal quality connected execution and attempted execution charges, Spencer said. The suspect's individuality was not instantly released.

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“There was a quality that started yesterday implicit wealth that was owed for rent,” Spencer said.

One of the women near the three-bedroom location and returned earlier the fatal confrontation, helium said.

“We don’t cognize the specifics, but accusation from witnesses is that it’s each implicit wealth not paid for their information of the rent,” Spencer said successful an interrogation with The Associated Press.

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