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By Alexis Ford Las Vegas Review-Journal
September 21, 2020 - 9:12 pm
 
Updated September 22, 2020 - 4:53 pm

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Search and Rescue unit is looking Monday night for “at least one (maybe 2) mountain climbers needing assistance” in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation area, police said.

Lt. David Gordon said the climbers are likely in Ice Box Canyon and that police were called at 6:15 p.m.

No other information was immediately available.

Contact Alexis Ford at aford@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-03345. Follow @alexisdford on Twitter.

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