Police have identified the suspect as Anthony Martinez. He is a suspect in the the Mountain American Credit Union robbery in Ogden as well.
Authorities in Elko County, Nevada, sent a bomb robot to the scene of a shootout after investigating officers discovered what appeared to be an explosive device inside a car.
The device was located, along with several other weapons, inside the vehicle driven by a man the man who was shot by local WWPD. The explosive device was rendered safe around 11:30 a.m., but Wendover Boulevard remained closed.
Thursday night, November 17th, around 8:30 p.m., officers were called to the Southern Exposure strip club, at the Wendover Plaza, about a man with a gun. Later, Police identified the suspect as Anthony Martinez. He is a suspect in the the Mountain American Credit Union robbery in Ogden, Utah as well.
The man flee before the two officers arrived. The two Police cars attempted to stop him, and went in his pursuit on the Wendover Boulevard. Martinez crashed between the Red Garter Casino and The Rainbow Casino, on a guard rail. Then from the inside of his car, he opened fire on the two officers, who returned fire and shot him multiple times. Two more officers arrived at the scene, but the shooting had stopped. No officer were down. The man was apprehended and was immediately transported by ambulance, then helicopter, to Intermountain hospital in Utah, and went into surgery in the early morning hours, for a gunshot wound to the chest and injuries to his leg, from the accident or the shooting.
Authorities in Elko County, Nevada, sent a bomb robot to the scene, after investigating officers discovered what appeared to be an explosive device inside Martinez’s car.
The device was located, along with several other weapons, inside his vehicle. The explosive device was rendered safe around 11:30 a.m., but Wendover Boulevard remained closed.
