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Man hospitalized after being shot in back in central Las Vegas

By / Las Vegas Review-Journal
February 19, 2018 - 5:08 am
 
(Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)

A man was hospitalized early Monday morning after a shooting in the central valley.

The shooting was reported about 3:30 a.m. on the 3800 block of East Charleston Boulevard, near Pecos Road, according to Metropolitan Police Lt. Isaac Auten.

Auten said the man was shot once in the back and is expected to survive. The shooter is still at large.

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