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Dispute sends 1 to hospital with gunshot wound

Published Fri, Oct 16, 2009 (1:35 p.m.)

Updated Fri, Oct 16, 2009 (2:25 p.m.)

Approximate area of shooting

Metro Police are investigating a violent dispute that sent one person to a hospital with a gunshot wound this afternoon in the northwest Las Vegas Valley.

Shortly after 1 p.m. today, officers responded to a residence on Camino De Rosa Drive, near Smoke Ranch Road and Jones Boulevard, on a domestic violence call, police said.

Police are looking for two men, one wearing a red doo-rag, who left the scene in a silver car, Officer Barbara Morgan said. Metro's gang unit responded to the scene.

One person was taken to University Medical Center with a gunshot wound and has gone into surgery, police said. The person is listed in critical condition, Morgan said.

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