Police to hold active assailant training on Las Vegas Strip Thursday

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Police will hold active assailant training on the Las Vegas Strip Thursday morning.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said the training will take place from 8 a.m.-9 a.m. at the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace at 3500 S. Las Vegas Boulevard. LVMPD said multiple agencies will be participating.

*UPCOMING TRAINING ON THE LAS VEGAS STRIP*

On Thursday, March 30, 2023, we will be having a full-scale active shooter drill at the Forum Shops located at Caesars Palace 3500 S. Las Vegas Blvd.

This is tentatively scheduled to take place between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. pic.twitter.com/NoXbIfZI4V
— LVMPD (@LVMPD) March 29, 2023

“There will be a noticeable police presence including numerous emergency vehicles and simulated gunfire,” LVMPD said in a tweet. Police reiterated that the training is only a drill, even though it will be a “realistic scenario.”

There will be a noticeable police presence including numerous emergency vehicles and simulated gunfire.

There will be multiple agencies also participating in this realistic scenario.

Please be aware this is only a drill.

*Photo is from a different drill in 2022
— LVMPD (@LVMPD) March 29, 2023

The training comes after students at Shadow Ridge High School were part of a three hour lockdown Wednesday afternoon after reports of a person with a gun near campus. No weapon was found and one juvenile was arrested for making a terroristic threat.

It also comes after a deadly mass shooting at a Christian school in Nashville on Monday. Six people died, including three children.