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Police investigating homicide in east Las Vegas

Updated January 19, 2025 - 4:17 pm

Las Vegas police arrested a man suspected of shooting and killing his girlfriend and driving off with her body in a car.

The Metropolitan Police Department got a call Sunday morning from someone who said their friend had called them to tell them he had just shot his girlfriend.

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Based on information about the car and area, police found the suspect’s car and tried to stop it, homicide Lt. Robert Price said during a Sunday press briefing.

The suspect drove away and crashed into another car at the intersection of Pecos Road and Charleston Boulevard.

The suspect, who Price said was a man in his 20s, was taken into custody. The woman, also in her 20s, was found dead in the car.

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