• The Mirage in Las Vegas was put on lockdown after a shooting was reported in a hotel room. 
  • The Las Vegas police said one person has been found dead. 
  • Videos from the scene showed parts of the hotel on lockdown and officers moving through the premises.

The Mirage hotel in Las Vegas was put under lockdown on Thursday night after reports emerged of a shooting in a hotel room.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department wrote in a tweet that it was investigating a shooting incident and that one person had been pronounced dead.

"We are investigating a shooting in a hotel room at the Mirage. One person has been pronounced deceased," the department wrote. "This is an active investigation and we will provide more information as it becomes available. Please avoid the area."

As of press time, it was unclear if lockdown had been lifted.

Ronald Hohmann, who was in The Mirage at the time of the incident, posted a video to Twitter showing a group of uniformed officers moving through the premises. Hohmann told Insider he heard there had been a shooting in one of the rooms. 

 

Photos and videos from the scene showed what appeared to be crowds of people being held near one of the hotel's entrances. 

NPR digital news director Saeed Ahmed reported that access to the second and eighth floors had been blocked, with staff citing an ongoing investigation.

Representatives for The Mirage did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.

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