A man who fatally shot five people in North Las Vegas, Nev. on Monday, June 24, died by suicide on Tuesday, June 25, reports the Associated Press, ABC KTNV 13 and Fox 5.
Eric Adams, 47, was the suspected shooter in a Monday evening mass shooting, and the North Las Vegas Police Department said he died by suicide on Tuesday morning.
Authorities were searching for Adams after he fatally shot five people and critically injured a 13-year-old girl in an apartment complex near Commerce Street and Lone Mountain Road.
Law enforcement discovered the five victims, including four women - one in her early 40s, one in her late 50s and two in their mid-20s - as well as a man in his early 20s. The 13-year-old girl was transported to University Medical Center and remains in critical condition.
The two women in their 40s and 50s were discovered first. During the investigation, the officers were informed by the department that a teenager was taken to the hospital and there could be more victims. The officers then found the bodies of the younger women and the young man.
After the shooting, Adams fled the scene. Authorities conducted an overnight manhunt of Adams, who authorities had described as “armed and dangerous,” per the Associated Press.
He was not discovered until Tuesday morning around 10 a.m. when the police found him at a business in the 1500 block of Lake Mead Boulevard, near M.L.K. Boulevard, per ABC 13. He then fled into the backyard of a nearby residence.
Authorities then commanded he drop his weapon, but he refused the authorities, turned the gun on himself and died by suicide. He was declared dead at the scene.
Adams' shooting has been described by authorities as an “isolated incident,” per the Associated Press.
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