US police officer shot and killed a man who was holding a cell phone that they mistook to be a gun. The fatal shooting occurred on Thursday in Las Vegas as the officers were helping US marshals to arrest the man who had been accused of attempted murder. Las Vegas authorities have released the name of the suspect they shot dead as Keith Childress, 23. This incident marks the 16th officer-involved shooting in Las Vegas in 2015. Press TV reports: Las Vegas police said in a statement on Friday that the victim had been under surveillance and fled from federal authorities who then called Las Vegas police for help in the search. According to the statement, officials later found him outside a home west of downtown while holding an object in his right hand. Officers, who believed the object was a gun, told him to drop it and ordered him to stop when he began to move toward them. They, however, opened fire when he did not obey their commands. He was pronounced dead at the scene. “The suspect did not listen, quickly began to advance on the officers, concealing his right hand, which the officers believed was holding a firearm,” said [...]