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Unidentified Target department store employees comfort each other as Las Vegas police investigate an officer-involved shooting at a shopping complex near Blue Diamond Road and Arville Street in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph
Blue Diamond Crossing shopping center on Blue Diamond Road (screengrab from Google)
Police investigate an officer-involved shooting at a shopping complex near Blue Diamond Road and Arville Street in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph
Unidentified Target department store employees comfort each other as Las Vegas police investigate an officer-involved shooting at a shopping complex near Blue Diamond Road and Arville Street in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph
An unidentified Target department store employee talks on the phone as Las Vegas police investigate an officer-involved shooting at a shopping complex near Blue Diamond Road and Arville Street in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph
Unidentified Target department store employees comfort each other as Las Vegas police investigate an officer-involved shooting at a shopping complex near Blue Diamond Road and Arville Street in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph
Metropolitan Police Department Capt. Nichole Splinter gives details of an officer involved shooting during a press briefing at the intersection of Blue Diamond Road and S. Valley View Boulevard in Las Vegas, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. Erik Verduzco Las Vegas Review-Journal @Erik_Verduzco
Metropolitan Police Department Capt. Nichole Splinter gives details of an officer involved shooting during a press briefing at the intersection of Blue Diamond Road and S. Valley View Boulevard in Las Vegas, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. Erik Verduzco Las Vegas Review-Journal @Erik_Verduzco
Metropolitan Police Department Capt. Nichole Splinter gives details of an officer involved shooting during a press briefing at the intersection of Blue Diamond Road and S. Valley View Boulevard in Las Vegas, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. Erik Verduzco Las Vegas Review-Journal @Erik_Verduzco
Ross Dress For Less store on Blue Diamond Road in Las Vegas (screengrab from Google)
Shoppers wait outside at Blue Diamond Crossing shopping center on Blue Diamond Road in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. (Richard Brian/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Target store on Blue Diamond Road in Las Vegas (screengrab from Google)
Special to the Pahrump Valley Times Nye County Sheriff’s Deputy Lt. James McRae was credited for his assistance with the apprehension of a suspect who Las Vegas Metro authorities said fired a weapon during an altercation at a Las Vegas retail business on Saturday afternoon. A sheriff’s office news released indicated that McRae, was off duty when an active shooter situation unfolded in the Ross Dress for Less retailer along the 4000 block of Blue Diamond Road. McRae, according to the release, assisted Metro officers on making entry into the business to go after the suspect. "He was not injured, nor did he fire his weapon," the release stated.
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A Nye County sheriff’s deputy is being credited for his assistance with the apprehension of a suspect authorities said fired a weapon during an altercation at a Las Vegas retail business.

A sheriff’s office news released indicated that Lt. James McRae, was off duty when the active shooter situation unfolded on Saturday afternoon in the Ross Dress for Less retailer along the 4000 block of Blue Diamond Road.

“He assisted with Las Vegas Metro on making entry to go after the suspect,” the video release noted. “He was not injured and did not discharge his firearm. Las Vegas Metro is conducting the investigation and all releases related to the investigation.”

The store is in the Blue Diamond Crossing shopping center, which contains several large stores, including Target, Big Lots and Kohl’s, as well as many smaller shops.

Some of the roads closed in the area from Arville Street and Valley View north of Blue Diamond Road have reopened, the Regional Transportation Commission tweeted. Yellow police tape cordoned off large portions of the parking lot Saturday evening as witnesses and shoppers waited along the edges.

Initial reports from Las Vegas Metro indicated a police officer shot a security guard after the man reportedly opened fire in the business, following an argument with his manager, law enforcement officials said.

Metropolitan Police Department Capt. Nichole Splinter described the 4:15 p.m. shooting as an isolated act of workplace violence.

“The security guard argued with his manager, left the store and returned with a gun,” Splinter noted during a Saturday evening briefing. “He fired the weapon at the manager, who wasn’t hit, she said.”

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