Man fatally shot in east Las Vegas
A man was killed Sunday morning in an east Las Vegas shooting.
About 8:30 a.m., police received a call about a fight on the 4500 block of Carriage Park Drive, near Mountain Vista Street and Vegas Valley Drive, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Richard Meyers said.
Shortly after the report of the fight, a ShotSpotter activated in the same area, he said.
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“At the same time or shortly after the ShotSpotter calls, our initial calls for service were updated that gunshots had also been fired in the area,” Meyers said.
In a statement Monday night, police said two men were in a “verbal dispute” and that “both subjects produced handguns.”
Arriving officers found a man with multiple gunshot wounds, Meyers said.
The man died at the scene, and the suspect fled after the fight, Metro said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Metro’s homicide section at 702-828-3521 or by email at homicide@lvmpd.com. To report anonymously, call Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555 or visit crimestoppersofnv.com.
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