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By Alexis Egeland Las Vegas Review-Journal
September 16, 2019 - 5:40 pm
 

Las Vegas police are investigating after a man was shot Monday afternoon at an east valley apartment complex.

Officers were called to the 5300 block of East Lake Mead Boulevard around 3:35 p.m. in response to reports of a shooting, police said. They found a man with a gunshot wound.

Police believe the man was shot once. They transported him to a hospital.

No suspects have been identified.

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

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