Las Vegas, NV: Police: Man Killed Girlfriend During Standoff

Woman Shot To Death At Apartment Complex
POSTED: 1:39 pm PDT May 18, 2010
UPDATED: 3:49 pm PDT May 18, 2010

LAS VEGAS -- Neighbors of a woman found dead at a Las Vegas apartment complex said she was the victim of domestic violence and they often heard her fighting with her boyfriend.
“From my understanding he’s been beating her up all the time,” said neighbor Glenda Campbell, who lives at the Spring Terrace apartments near Cheyenne Avenue and Walnut Road.
The woman, who hasn’t been identified, was found after a seven-hour standoff with Metro police who arrived late Monday night after hearing reports of gunshots in the area.
“It was hundreds of them,” neighbor Charles Alston said of the police response. “We kept seeing black SWAT trucks, people jumping out. I’ve never seen anything like that before in my life, just on television.”
Authorities said officers heard shouting and gunshots coming from a second-story apartment. As they approached the building, police said a man inside started shooting at them.
No one was injured and the scene quickly turned into a standoff between police and a man later identified as 28-year-old Michael Long.
Long eventually surrendered and officers entered the apartment, where they found the woman’s body. Police said she had been shot several times.
Long is charged with kidnapping, resisting a police officer, attempted murder of a police officer and murder with a deadly weapon.
During the seven-hour ordeal, families were evacuated from their homes by police and kept back for their own safety.
Some aren’t sure whether they want to stay after the night’s events.
“It’s not no area for no kids to live in,” said neighbor Will Boyd. “It’s not a place to raise your kids due to hostage situations and stuff like that.”