2 men die in apparent murder-suicide in east Las Vegas

Las Vegas police block off Chutney Street as they investigate a double shooting at Bridle Court and Lasso Circle, near Flamingo Road and Boulder Highway, on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Two men died in an apparent murder-suicide. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye

Las Vegas police investigate an apparent murder-suicide at Bridle Court and Lasso Circle, near Flamingo Road and Boulder Highway, on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, in Las Vegas. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye

Las Vegas police block off Chutney Street as they investigate a double shooting at Bridle Court and Lasso Circle, near Flamingo Road and Boulder Highway on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, in Las Vegas. Two men died. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye

Two men died Tuesday in an apparent murder-suicide, Las Vegas police said.

Police were called at 10:43 a.m. to investigate a shooting near Bridle Court and Lasso Circle in eastern Las Vegas.

A man in his 50s had an argument with a 70-year-old man outside a home on Lariat Drive, police said, and the younger man shot the older man at least three times before turning the gun on himself.

Police said the 70-year-old man died outside the home, and the younger man was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, where he died.

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