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21-year-old arrested in Las Vegas, faces open murder charge

A 21-year-old has been arrested and faces a charge of open murder in connection with a Wednesday shooting, Las Vegas police said.

Alexis Nava was taken into custody Friday by the Criminal Apprehension Team — an FBI-led task force staffed by the Metropolitan Police Department’s major violators bureau — without incident in the 3200 block of Houston Drive, police said in a statement.

Nava was transported to the Clark County Detention Center where he faces one count of open murder, police said.

At approximately 6:48 p.m. Wednesday, ShotSpotter — a gunshot detection system made up by a network of audio sensors — detected gunfire in the 2000 block of Wengert Avenue, police said.

An adult man was suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, police said, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Contact Julie Wootton-Greener at jgreener@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-2921. Follow @julieswootton on Twitter.

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