Police investigate a dead body found on the shared-use athletic fields between Harney Middle School and the Hollywood Recreation Center in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
Police guard the entrance to shared-use athletic fields between Harney Middle School and the Hollywood Recreation Center where a dead body was found in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
The scene where police are investigating a dead body found on the shared-use athletic fields between Harney Middle School and the Hollywood Recreation Center in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
The scene where police are investigating a dead body found on the shared-use athletic fields between Harney Middle School and the Hollywood Recreation Center in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
Harney Middle School in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Police are investigating the scene where a dead body was found on the shared-use athletic fields between Harney Middle School and the Hollywood Recreation Center.(Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
The scene where police are investigating a dead body found on the shared-use athletic fields between Harney Middle School and the Hollywood Recreation Center in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
Police are investigating a body found on the grounds of an east Las Vegas Valley school Tuesday morning.
Investigators responded just after 6:20 a.m. to the school on the 1600 block of South Hollywood Boulevard, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Harney Middle School, 1580 S. Hollywood Blvd., moved its students to Las Vegas High School for the day, according to a Clark County School District news release.
“An ongoing investigation by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is occurring at the shared-use athletic fields near Kathleen and Tim Harney Middle School,” the district said. “The District and the CCSD Police Department are cooperating with the investigation, and there is no threat to the school or students.”