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Metro: 4 arrested for quadruple shooting

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Police tape off a section of Twain after a shooting Thursday. (Peter Dawson/FOX5) Police tape off a section of Twain after a shooting Thursday. (Peter Dawson/FOX5)
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -

Las Vegas Metro police have made four arrests in connection with a shooting Thursday morning that left four people hospitalized.

At a news conference Thursday afternoon, police said three of the suspects are adults and the fourth is a juvenile. Three of those arrested were caught at an apartment complex. One of the suspects was barricaded inside a unit. Another suspect was caught near a hospital.

The suspects face charges of attempted robbery, attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder. It's believed the suspects have ties to a gang that operates out of Stockton, CA. It's not believed the victims have any gang connections.

Police credit an alert citizen with providing them with information that led to the arrests.

Police said the incident began as an argument at a restaurant. It's not known what the argument was about. Three of the victims are 17 years old; the fourth victim is 18.

Police reported the shooting near the Siegel Suites in the 400 block of E. Twain Avenue, near Paradise Road, just after 4 a.m. Thursday.

According to police, a dark-skinned man in a dark car drove by the three women and one man and opened fire at them. The vehicle then fled the scene.

The four victims were transported to Sunrise Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Metro's Gang Crimes Bureau has been assigned to investigate the shooting.

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