LAS VEGAS (AP) - A driver was arrested after several gunshots were fired at an off-duty Las Vegas police officer’s vehicle, police said.
Another driver for unknown reasons tried multiple times to cut off the off-duty officer Tuesday and then pulled alongside the officer’s vehicle and opened fire before speeding off and rear-ending another vehicle., police said.
The off-duty officer stopped at the crash scene, identified himself as an officer and arrested the other driver with the assistance of a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper, police said.
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Police said the driver’s motive was under investigation and that it wasn’t immediately known whether he knew before being arrested that the off-duty officer was an officer.
The arrested man was taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries. The officer wasn’t injured.
No identities were released.
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