Another Las Vegas area police officer was wounded and the suspect was killed after a shooting in Henderson, a suburb of Las Vegas.

The shooting comes on the heels of another shooting that took the life of two Metro police officers.

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Henderson shooting

According to the police department, officers responded to reports of shots fire about 4:30 a.m. in the 400 block of Flat Plains Avenue near Horizon Ridge Parkway and Gibson Road.

Public Information Officer Kathleen Richards said a person opened fire at officers, wounding one of them. Officers returned fire, killing the gunman, police said. source

The officer’s injury was considered to be non-life-threatening, according to Richards.