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By Sabrina Schnur Las Vegas Review-Journal

June 24, 2022 - 11:08 am

A man died after he was was found shot Thursday morning on an east Las Vegas street.

Officers believe the man was in a fight with another man around 3:15 a.m. Thursday on the 5300 block of East Tropicana Avenue, near Boulder Highway, according to a statement from the Metropolitan Police Department.

The man who was shot died at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. The suspect left the area before police arrived, and he had not been arrested as of Friday morning.

Contact Sabrina Schnur at sschnur@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0278. Follow @sabrina_schnur on Twitter.

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By Akiya Dillon and Noble Brigham / RJ

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By Noble Brigham / RJ

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