Likes: Las Vegas Metro Police released the following statement on its Twitter account:
"This case is under investigation. Reserve judgment. We will address this publicly today."
Seattle Seahawks' defensive end Michael Bennett says he is considering a lawsuit against Metro following an aggressive incident last month.
He says he was profiles, abused and threatened because he is African-American.
Update:
Las Vegas police held a press conference on Wednesday afternoon to talk about the incident involving NFL football player Michael Bennett.
According to Undersheriff Kevin McMahill, a recall was received about an active shooter inside The Cromell at about 1:30 a.m. Aug. 27.
Upon arrival, police officers encountered thousands of people running, screaming and hiding.
During their search for the shooter, a man was observed crouching behind a gaming machine.
As officers approached, the man stood up and took off running. He exited The Cromwell and jumped a wall.
That is when Las Vegas police officers caught up with the man, who as later identified as Bennett.
Police say that they detained him for about 10 minutes. After determining that he was not a threat, they released him.
Although body-cam footage from that night was shown, the arresting officer's body-cam was not activated.
The body-cam footage shows people rushing from The Cromwell as police officers enter.
It then shows the officers searching the casino for the reported shooter.
The video shown at the press conference also shows Bennett running from the hotel-casino and shows him on the ground outside of the hotel-casino.
The undersheriff says that they are in the process of reviewing footage from 126 cameras. The undersheriff also asked members of the public to contact their Internal Affairs divisiion at 702-828-3111 if they have video that shows what happened that night.
The sheriff also asked that Bennett and his legal contact the police department.
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