By: Las Vegas Now Staff
Three schools were on lock down Thursday after a drive-by shooting. It happened just before noon in the northwest part of the valley. Two people were shot. Metro officers are still on the scene gathering evidence.
The two victims were shot on the sidewalk at the corner. Witnesses say a white car came around the corner following one of the victims. The people inside the car were shooting.
Francisco Esparra ducked behind his car when he heard the shots. “When I started seeing that way, I saw an arm with a gun in the hand and they shoot six times that way.”This was moving day for Esparra, who was loading his car up with boxes. The shooting may have ended on his street. It started one block away on Howard Dade Avenue.
Eyewitness News talked with some of the people being shot at. They had just pulled into their driveway when the white car drove up. The victims say someone in the white car started shooting and the four friends in a red Cadillac ran in different directions.
One of them twisted his ankle. Another one was followed down the street where he was shot in the leg. Another man walking on the sidewalk at the wrong time also got shot in the leg.
Aaron Peasall heard at least 12 shots and then brought the victims water until help arrived.
“There was 6 shots. The guy came out of his house, I guess. Then there were six more,” said Peasall.
Thanks to a good description of the car and license plate from witnesses, Metro stopped it at Gowan and Rancho. Four people were put into handcuffs and taken in for questioning. No arrests have been made yet.
At this point one of the victims returned home. The second one we are told by friends will survive. Both were shot in the leg.
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