The Latest: Husband held in Vegas airport carpark shooting

LAS VEGAS – The Latest on a shooting that wounded two people at a parking structure at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas (all times local):

10:15 a.m.

Police in Las Vegas say a 68-year-old man accused of shooting and wounding two people in a parking area at McCarran International Airport was the estranged husband of one of the victims.

Officer Larry Hadfield said Tuesday the suspect, Jeffrey K. Brown, was later arrested at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center in North Las Vegas.

Brown was jailed pending an initial court appearance on attempted murder and other charges in the shooting shortly before 6 p.m. Monday.

Hadfield says Brown’s wife and a man were walking to a car after arriving in Las Vegas from Indianapolis.

Capt. Vincent Cannito told reporters the shooting occurred in a long-term parking lot on the sixth floor of the Terminal 1 parking structure.

Cannito says the wounded woman and man were hospitalized in stable condition. Their names have not been made public.

Airport Director Rosemary Vassiliadis (vas-ill-ee-AH’-dehs) said airport operations and flights weren’t affected.

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8:15 a.m.

Authorities in Las Vegas say a man was arrested after a shooting that wounded two people in a parking area at McCarran International Airport.

Police say the gunfire shortly before 6 p.m. Monday involved a man who had a previous relationship with a woman who arrived in Las Vegas with a man after travelling.

The suspected gunman was later arrested at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in North Las Vegas.

The names of the suspect and the wounded were not immediately made public.

Capt. Vincent Cannito told reporters the shooting happened in a long-term parking lot on the sixth floor of the Terminal 1 parking structure.

He says the wounded woman and man were hospitalized in stable condition.

Airport Director Rosemary Vassiliadis (vas-ill-ee-AH’-dehs) said airport operations and flights were not affected.