Whats going on outside the place you call home. She lives very close to where this happened. Started. Thats there was a call for domestic situation and the Police Responded there. The officer was shot there by the suspect and the suspect took off and ran into a nearby apartment building. Now, they have been looking for him for three hours. This started just before noon. You can see just as active and its only gotten bigger since we started covering this active police are combing this area. You have a friend. You know that information that same complex . Just if youre joining us. The officer who was shot being rushed out of that complex. The officer is expected to live sure, joe lombardo was there. He was seen running away. You can see the person fitting this description. Contact police immediately and stay away from that person you can see that road is closed. We started to break this story up. You got the travel situation going on. Just avoid it all together. Youre watching news 3 live. You can keep your tv on all out on social media now. When he approached the scene, the gunman fired at him. This officer was able to fire. The officer was hit and looking at video taken from the scene of him being taken away on a gurney. The officer being treated. We have this active situation loose. Police checking door by door, vacant buildings. Building full of people. We got off the phone with a buildings. Shes been told to stay in place after police asked her if she youyou see the hotels. There is a lot of vacant land around there. You think about it, once they go through the strip malls and restaurants and the apartment, this person has a lot of open space to run. That is very easy to find. This person also said, there are helicopters circling around the area. They are likely watching everything. That area is dense. We spoke earlier about businesses in the area. Were talking about long stay hotels to condominium and houses. Weve been watching the scene since it happened. All of the witnesses have come forward including our own sheriff, joe lombardo. He said he saw some of the action. We spoke to him not too along ago. Lets listen to what sheriff lombardo had to say moments ago. An officer was involved in a shooting. He was a victim of the shooting. There was Domestic Violence call that he was responding to out on the boulevard south at the emerald suites. As he approached the scene, he was getting involved what were the circumstances associated he engaged the individual who immediately fired upon our officer. Wound. Our officer returned fire. We are currently still on going. The officer returned fire. The sheriff not letting us know if that suspect took a bullet. Very well could be that the suspect is walking or wounded out there. What a story that is. Only in las vegas with the sheriff happen to be there at the righted time. See this all playing out. Get out of the his car and aid in the apprehension of this suspect. That interview was taken outside of un umc. Survive. He is talking and hes a father. I called the Public Information office to find out if they were ready to reveal his name at this no, thats not the case. All that information is come eventually. There was a domestic call that he was responding one were talking about Domestic Violence. You really think about it, we do news stories all the time. Information pieces throughout the year. About just how hot a Domestic Violence situation can be. Just how imperil men and women in Domestic Violence situations are. These situations are not likely by money, by robbery. But they are fueled by a lot of heat and anger. That is what this officer stepped into. We understand Antonio Castelan has an update. Reporter thank you jeff clark with metro police is about to give us an update on the theyre just waiting for some more media to come out here. Theyll be talking here in the next second. Whats the update . The update is, like i said the beginning, this is an ongoing active investigation. The suspect description has changed. It is believed that the suspect is a very light skinned black male that witnesses believed was white. The description was his clothing is still the same. All White Clothing and bald head. What i can say also, we did pond to the domestic here at the 9100 block. The first officer arrived went to the door where the domestic was occurring. His partner officer was doing investigation elsewhere in the complex. When our officer was confronted by this armed suspect. He was related to the initial call. Someone believed to be somebody else in the complex. Reporter [indiscernible] at the beginning, we committed all resources to this. We will continue to do so. We have a lot of people here that are very interested in bringing this person to justice. We have expanded our search area down south of our location. I dont have the street but its down there. Do you have age of the suspect . Mid to late 30s. Reporter as Police Officer go door to door looking for this suspect the mind set is to make sure we go home to our families tonight. Our mindset is to bring this person to justice that injured one of our brothers. We will definitely do so. The fact that he is at the hospital and he is in good spirits and we expect him to make a full recovery. Off our shoulders. All of these menand women definitely a have a job to do. Do you expand the area . Its possible. We leave no stone unturned. Weve expanded the search perimeter. Reporter whats the hottest thing about Walking Around here . The hardest thing is you dont know whats around any corner. We have someone that has shown violence towards police. Anyone that is going to take the drastic step to shoot at Police Officer is a danger. Our officers that are searching going around each one of these apartments. Theyre just head on civil base. Were seeing a lot of people Walking Around here. As far as who theyre letting i dont have that information now. Reporter if the suspect watching this on tv, what would you tell him . If you watching us on tv now, peacefully. Leave the firearm where it is. Let us know where you are and we will come and we will not do harm to you. We want you to bring yourself to justice. I dont have the streets. Reporter how [indiscernible]. Thats ongoing investigation. I cant really say at this time. Did he have a body cam video . People were asking if he had video, maybe look at that. Is that the case if he had body cam video, i dont know. Were still rolling out body cameras in the whole department. I dont know if this officer was mandated to wear it or not. Reporter were live on action news. Well take as long as it takes. Were taking this methodically. As far as the sun going down, we have ways to search people at night. Thats the situation out here. Officers they continue their search for a man whos now described as a light skinned black male. Back to you. Well get live images. We are the channel that can give you the advantage point from the ground and sky now. Keep it here on news 3. A perimeter that continues to grow. That was officer jeff clark. Here we are, 3 16 at this hour. Antonio wrapped up the description of the suspect has changed. Now described as a light skinned africanamerican. He was bald and hes and range mid to late 40s. This shooter was not related to the domestic call that the officer was responding to. This was somebody who just pulled out a gun on the officer take piered on the that appeared on the scene. That officer is awake so officers can take this suspect off the streets. One thing the officer noted if this person is watching us now, they urge him to call 911. Saying there will be no harm done if this person turns in his firearm and let the court system deal with everything else. Can you imagine being the shooter now in the shooter is watching this getting the direction from metro police. Its a message saying, live or die. We know that these things often do not go the way of the shooting suspect. It can be a life or death decision. Metro hopes this person will have a change of heart and mind and know that if you call this is where i am, i will come out with my hands up. They can wrap this thing up peacefully. We thank metro for providing this. Injured this year. That includes today, one other officer shot in the leg during a robbery call. On the east side during the summer, another officer fought with a parrot gun. Today marks the fifth officer this year who has been shot and injured in the line of duty. We can tell you that officer was taken out of the apartment complex on a stretcher is going to be okay. Sheriff joe lombardo updating the media saying the officer will be okay. Thats good news today. Taking the wider view of this area. If you are visiting our area, you see apartment complexes and you see whole lots of land. Blocks of land that are empty. Then youre seeing some businesses out there. Metro really doesnt have a huge swat of businesses outthere to he didnt have the exact ends. This is an area that has been growing minute by minute. This is a changing situation. To draw a line around the area, with the information that we have, perhaps didnt tell the entire story. They continue to search for the suspect. Few other things, what do they have to their tool box . We know theres a canine unit and air head flying around the scene for hours. They will be using surveillance video. As far as body camera video, still not clear if this officer had a body camera that could have seen or grabbed a snapshot we would assume if we have that image, we can share it with the public. Were getting this updated description a light skinned black male and bald and in his mid to late 30s. You seen the video from earlier on the left. On the right is video thats happening now. On las vegas boulevard. You see on the left, officers there. There are guns aimed while theyre searching the building. You see on the right, metro made a board there and kicked it in. This person is on the run. We do know that there is a possibility that person was shot as well. The officer coming out on the left with the search dog. These dogs are trained to go in now those dogs have that engrained and they can search every building if necessary. Antonio castelan mentioned that you have a lot of strip malls and businesses. He says it looks like a ghost town out there. Metro was able to draw that circle and get the word out quickly using help from the media for everybody to lock themselves inside. Its testament to Business Owners and those in charge of the building. They were able to quickly cooperate. Late skinned man, africanamerican mid to late 30s, bald. Understood that hes wearing all black clothing underneath a white under shirt. A bald head. They are blowing all of the assets they have in the sky and on the ground. Human and canine at this search. Operating with a head on the swivel. Best thoughts for the officers working hard. We are looking at live pictures from sky 3. Police continue to search for this suspect. We are approaching 3 1 2 hours now after the shots first fired. That shot hitting an officer at least one in the upper chest. That officer is expected to make it. He is talking right now likely giving his brothers, his sisters of the force much information as he can as to what this person looked like and where the person may have gone. One interesting to note here, the suspect had nothing to do with the domestic call that the wounded officer was responded to. The officer was there responding to somebody in need of help in a this person comes just out of nowhere with a gun and starts to fire. That officer was able to fire back. Dont know in the suspect is injured. We do have video of that officer whos taken away on a gurney. Theres that video there. We thank Phillip Davis for sending that video to us. That officer being wheeled out there on the stretcher. Also for officers to get any information that officers could have. Once again, theres the video there. You see that officer lets look that. He has one hand over his face. He also has his legs elevated there. Looks like hes talking. Its good to see that officer is moving and taken away. Sheriff lombardo from umc that the officer will be okay. Why such Huge Police Presence . Its because all forces, on hands on deck are needed to catch a criminal. It sends a message that the thin blue line is very thick then comes to showing people if you pull a gun on a metro officer, to protect and serve, we will be out if force. Officer clark said, this is someone with a propensity to shoot at police. Hes a danger to anyone in the community. This person is armed and going to shoot at a Law Enforcement officer. Now he is on the run. Speaking about this brotherhood, Antonio Castelan has been reporting so well from the scene. Tweeted out two inch from officers, their arms are around each other. They still have a job to do. Looing for the gunman at the they have an officer who is in the hospital. They also want to go home safely to their loved ones. We have that image that maria was talking about. Perhaps you can pull up antonios twitter feed. The officers with their arms around each other. The image youre seeing, a live picture from one our crews right outside of umc. You see the Police Presence there and you see the tape. That area had a huge gathering of Police Officers. They were also consoling each other. Their brother will be able to make it. Also understanding that video we have been able to show you of that officer taken out of the apartment complex. That is exclusive to news 3. We thank phil davis who shot that video and shared this video with us. We can watch it as came here. Do of help there and this exclusive view of this officer being rushed out of what was potentially deadly situation on his way to umc where we are now that the officer will be all right. The officer is a father. Hes a husband. Lets get to that image that Antonio Castelan tweeted out. They are concerned getting this suspect with propensity to shoot at them. Hes a danger to the entire community. They have feelings and they want to neighbor sure they can make it home safely tonight. We want to update you on this perimeter. If you are near southbound las vegas boulevard, you can see from this image here, massive Police Presence. We have a caller who drove metro blocked off and is closed from witchmar on the south end and gillespie on the east. If youre trying to cut across that area, you likely cant because obviously the roads have been closed. This playing out near the south point hotel and casino in the south part of our valley. Obviously thats a huge Convention Space as well the south point. This is another live advantage point. You see the casino on the ground. If the back huge Convention Space. As soon as we can let you know what the situation is, especially if youre watching we hope to hear more from the south point now speaking of the people in the room rather than at the south point or in their homes, theyve been told to stay indoors. Some people have answered a doorknob from metro asking if they have seen anything. We spoke to one woman who lives in one of those apartment area. Her voice was shaken. He said i just moved here from the east coast. As a new resident, its difficult to talk to her under these circumstances. By the way, lets focus on what were looking at here from sky 3. Couple of people walking through the desert, metro filling the streets. Look like kids on their way home interest school. Im not seeing uniforms there. They are being watched now from helicopter as well. Homes and older houses out in that area. Also keep if mind, every car in that area will be searched. We talked about searching homes and properties and under every tree. You got a lot of cars out there that are parked and are emptied and will be gone through. Metro has the technology to go ahead and search those cars without opening those cars. They will be looking for any sight of life on an car that might have been broken into. A person who was willing on one of our metro officers. Looking at images taken by social media and this tells a story. What unfolded shortly right before noon. 11 50 a. M. Is when the shots were fired near the emerald suites in the 9100 block of las just up the street from the