Man found dead in parked car in east Las Vegas Valley

Police investigate a man found dead Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019, at an apartment complex at 3050 S. Nellis Blvd. in Las Vegas. (James Schaeffer/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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By Alexis Egeland Las Vegas Review-Journal

October 13, 2019 - 4:29 pm

Updated October 13, 2019 - 6:26 pm

Police were investigating after a man was found dead in his car Sunday afternoon in the east Las Vegas Valley.

Officers responded around 2:45 p.m. to a report of a suspicious male in a car parked at an apartment complex at 3050 S. Nellis Blvd., said Lt. Brian Boxler of the Metropolitan Police Department.

When they arrived, they found the man.

Contact Alexis Egeland at aegeland@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0335. Follow @alexis_egeland on Twitter.

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