Coroner IDs remains found in trunk
Las Vegas police were investigating a homicide in the 3600 block of West Tropicana Avenue after human remains were found in a parked car around 1:45 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (David Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Jason Johansson speaks with the media during a homicide investigation in the 3600 block of West Tropicana Avenue on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (David Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Updated August 31, 2022 - 9:44 am
The Clark County Coroner’s Office has identified a man whose remains were found in the trunk of a car after he was shot in the head.
Amir Haggi, 41 was found in a vehicle in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 3600 block of Tropicana Avenue on Aug. 19.
Police responded after a witness reported a white BMW with a foul stench coming from it.
Haggi’s cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head, the coroner’s office said.
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