LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Two people are dead and a suspect is in custody after a shooting on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday night that appeared to stem from a conflict on social media, according to authorities.
Officers were patrolling Las Vegas Boulevard around 10:40 p.m. when they heard gunfire coming from the west side of the street, Undersheriff Andrew Walsh told reporters.
They ran to the gunfire and found two people suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.
Medical personnel pronounced both people dead at the scene.
Walsh said investigators have identified a suspect and believe the shooting was an isolated incident. LVMPD later said the suspect, 41-year-old Manuel Ruiz, turned himself in to officers at a Henderson Police Department station.
Ruiz will be booked into Clark County Detention Center on suspicion of two counts of open murder.
LVMPD believes the suspect and victims “had previously engaged in some type of conflict using a variety of social media platforms,” he said.
No further details were immediately confirmed, though it appeared the shooting, which stemmed from an ongoing conflict between two social media personalities known as “Sin City Manny” and “Finny Da Legend,” had been streamed live on YouTube before the video was removed.
News 3 has reached out to YouTube’s parent company Google for comment.
Walsh asked anyone with information to contact LVMPD’s Homicide Section at 702-828-3521 or, to remain anonymous, Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555.
Las Vegas Boulevard was closed to vehicle traffic for a few hours Monday morning from Flamingo Road to Harmon Avenue, but the street has since reopened.
