Chimp chase in NW valley ends with one chimp tranquilized, another dead 
 
 Two chimps on the loose in northwest Las Vegas KSNV reports that two chimpanzees on the loose in northwest Las Vegas created a chaotic scene, July 12. 
 
 Metro Police shot two chimpanzees that had escaped Thursday morning from their enclosure at a northwest Las Vegas home, killing one and tranquilizing the other. 
 
 Metro spokesman Officer Marcus Martin said the chimp that was killed was shot by an officer after it appeared the chimp was headed toward residents, including children, who had come outside to watch the chase. 
 
 A 911 call at 10:13 a.m. alerted officers to the escaped chimpanzees near Ann Road and Jones Boulevard. Live-streamed video of the ensuing chase showed multiple Metro Police and animal control units involved in the hunt for the chimps, each of which weighed upwards of 170 pounds. 
 
 The chimpanzees, one male and one female, had escaped from a residence on the 5700 block of Rowland Avenue, Martin said. 
 
 Neighbors said the chimpanzees appeared agitated and felt they were going to be attacked. One of the chimpanzees climbed on top of a woman’s car and tried to open her door. At one point, one of the chimps had climbed onto a police car and was banging on it, Martin said. 
 
 When one chimpanzee — the male — was about to enter a neighborhood area where neighbors and children were outside, it was shot and killed by one of the officers. 
 
 The other chimpanzee was continuing on Rowland Avenue, where it was tranquilized shortly before 11:45 a.m. 
 
 “When you see the size of these animals, we think reasonable people would understand (to stay away),” said Martin. 
 
 The owners of the chimpanzees, David and Sheri Potochan, had been approved by the county for keeping exotic animals, Clark County spokesman Dan Kulin said. 
 
 Martin said the female chimp had been returned to its owners. 
 
 Metro Police public information officer Bill Cassell said reinforcements were made to the chimp’s holding area before its return. He could not specify whether those adjustments were mandatory or a personal decision by the owner. 

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 Las Vegas Metro Police received an unusual call Thursday morning -- two chimpanzees were loose and attacking cars in the northwest part of the city. 
 
 Police were forced to fatally shoot one chimp that aggressively approached officers and bystanders, said Officer Laura Meltzer. 
 
 The second animal was tranquilized and secured by animal control officers, she said. 
 
 The chimps escaped from a home in the area where they were subdued, said Bill Cassell, a spokesman for Las Vegas Metro Police. 
 
 The owners have a permit to house the animals, said Clark County spokesman Dan Kulin. 
 
 The chimp that was tranquilized has been returned to the owners and is being housed in a different, more secure cage than before, Kulin said. 
 
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– A pair of chimps had an unlucky escape in Las Vegas yesterday. Police responding to calls from panicked residents shot a male chimp dead and tranquilized a female, CNN reports. The chimps, which had escaped from a home, had been banging on cars and damaging vehicles, police say. The male was shot as he aggressively approached a group of bystanders, some of them holding their children. Police say they treated the chimps with extreme caution, bearing in mind recent well-publicized chimp attacks on humans. "When you see the size of these animals, we think reasonable people would understand (to stay away)," a police spokesman tells the Las Vegas Sun. The surviving chimp was returned to her owners, who had a permit for the animals and will be keeping her in a more secure cage from now on.