Death of man found near downtown Las Vegas investigated as homicide

By MIKE SHORO LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

January 4, 2017 - 3:57 am

Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man whose body was found near downtown early Wednesday morning. (Mike Shoro/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man whose body was found near downtown early Wednesday morning. (Mike Shoro/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man whose body was found near downtown early Wednesday morning. (Mike Shoro/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Homicide detectives are investigating a body found near downtown early Wednesday morning.

A dead man was found near a power box in the area of South City Parkway and West Ogden Avenue about 12:30 a.m., Metropolitan Police Department Lt. David Gordon said.

Metro detectives are investigating the circumstances of the man’s death. The Clark County coroner’s office will release the cause and manner of his death. The coroner’s office will also identify the man once family has been notified.

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