A 29-hour barricade situation at a Las Vegas motel ended safely after an allegedly armed suspect burrowed through a wall and held hostage a babysitter and child.
The situation began around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, when a police officer found a stolen motorcycle and car at a motel south of the Las Vegas Strip. While recovering them, a man wearing a motorcycle helmet tried to get on the bike and"flee the scene," Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Deputy Chief Sasha Larkin said during a press briefing Thursday.
"He was able to fit through that hole that he created in the wall, go into the neighboring apartment and unfortunately, took the female babysitter and 4-year-old little boy hostage," Larkin said.A stolen vehicle suspect kidnapped a 4-year-old boy and his babysitter, and shot at Metro Police during a 29-hour standoff at a motel in Las Vegas, May 26, 2021.
After about two-and-a-half hours of negotiations, the boy was released, police said. Officers reportedly brought him to a nearby bar for shelter, employees told"That was shocking and obviously emotional to know that a child was being put through that," Stephanie Najera, bar manager at the Rusty Spur Saloon, told the station.The woman was then held for another 24 hours before being allowed to leave, police said. Two hours after that, BarryEdwards was taken into custody.