Las Vegas police officer shot amid protests, police say

A member of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department gets into a vehicle on the Las Vegas Boulevard during a Black Lives Matter demonstration demanding justice for the death of George Floyd on May 29, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (File/AFP)

• The officer was shot in the area of the Las Vegas Strip
• Four St. Louis police officers were hit by gunfire late on Monday

A Las Vegas police officer was shot amid protests on Monday night over the killing of George Floyd, AP news agency said.
The officer was shot in the area of the Las Vegas Strip and another officer was “involved in a shooting” in the same area, AP quoted the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department as saying.
It did not give details of the shootings or the officers’ condition. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department declined to comment to Reuters.
Four St. Louis police officers were hit by gunfire late on Monday during violent protests over the death of Floyd, a black man in police custody, hours after President Donald Trump vowed to use the US military to halt the spreading clashes.