The gunman in a fatal shooting on the Las Vegas Strip who barricaded himself inside a public bus has surrendered peacefully after shutting down the busy tourism corridor for hours.
The standoff began about 11am on Saturday with a shooting that killed one person and injured another. It happened on a double-decker bus on Las Vegas Boulevard near the Cosmopolitan hotel-casino.
University Medical Centre spokeswoman Danita Cohen said two people were taken to the hospital after the shooting. She said one died and the other was in fair condition. Police said that person suffered minor injuries.
Las Vegas Police officer Larry Hadfield said just before 3:30pm the man who had a handgun surrendered without incident. Police did not open fire. Crisis negotiators, robots and armoured vehicles were on the scene.
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Police said they believe the armed man on the bus is the only suspect and that they have ruled out terrorism or any relationship to an earlier robbery nearby that shut down a part of the Bellagio hotel-casino.
Hadfield said the casino properties in the area have been co-operating by keeping people from exiting through their front doors onto the Strip.
