LAS VEGAS _ A shooting on the Las Vegas Strip has left one person dead and another injured, and the gunman has surrendered to authorities.
The southern end of the normally bustling Strip looked like a ghost town Saturday afternoon after police blocked off portions of Las Vegas Boulevard. Tourists walking down the street were suddenly approached by police officers who rushed them into buildings.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police spokesman Larry Hadfield said earlier Saturday that the gunman was holed up on a bus on Las Vegas Boulevard, near the Cosmopolitan hotel and that police officers were in the "tactical phase" of removing the man from the bus.
Hadfield said there was no active-shooter situation inside any of the Strip's casinos.
Chris Ferris, a dishwasher at the Cosmopolitan, said he was working on the second floor when a manager rounded up all employees and told them to go to the back of the building for safety. Only later did the manager say what was happening. Eventually, the employees were told to go home.
Ferris, interviewed while walking down Harmon Avenue, was asked if he had ever seen anything like this on the Strip. "No, this is very unusual," he said. "But I'll be back at work tomorrow."
