Standoff scene ends in Sparks, nobody found in Sizzler, suspect photos released

Sparks police and SWAT team members were wrapping up the scene of an hours-long suspected standoff Wednesday morning.

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Police have released surveillance video photos of the suspect.

A SWAT team searched the building before 9 a.m. and found nobody was inside, according to Damon O’Connell, a Sparks police spokesman.

O'Connell said police now believe the suspect fled the building between the 5:17 a.m. 911 call and 5:23 a.m., when officers arrived.

Officers responded to a 5:15 a.m. call reporting a suspect armed with a gun inside the Sizzler restaurant at 615 East Prater Way, at the corner of Prater and N. McCarran Blvd.

A delivery driver reported he went inside the building to drop off supplies when he saw a man enter, O'Connell said.

The suspect asked the driver to show his hands. The driver told the man he was delivering food, then left the building and asked someone to call 911, O’Connell said.

The driver told police he believed the man was armed with a gun.

East Prater Way should re-open shortly after 9 a.m. between McCarran Blvd. and I Street, according to Sparks police.

No arrests have been made.

The RGJ's Yvonne Beasley contributed to this report.

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