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North Las Vegas police investigating shooting of teenage boy

By LAWREN LINEHAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
July 13, 2016 - 9:35 am
 
North Las Vegas police are investigating the shooting of a teenage boy in the 5800 block of Palmilla Street, near Decatur Boulevard and Ann Road, on Wednesday, July 13, 2015. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bizutesfaye)
5800 block of Palmilla Street near Ann Road and Decatur Boulevard in Las Vegas. (Google Street View)
North Las Vegas police are investigating the shooting of a teenage boy in the 5800 block of Palmilla Street, near Decatur Boulevard and Ann Road, on Wednesday, July 13, 2015. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bizutesfaye)

North Las Vegas police are investigating the shooting of a teenage boy Wednesday morning.

The 15-year-old was shot at about 6:45 a.m. in the 5800 block of Palmilla Street, near Decatur Boulevard and Ann Road, North Las Vegas police spokesman Aaron Patty said.

The teen was taken to University Medical Center with nonlife-threatening injuries, police said.

“He was extremely uncooperative,” Patty said.

There are no suspects in the shooting.

Contact Lawren Linehan at llinehan@reviewjournal.com or at 702-383-0381. Find @lawrenlinehan on Twitter.

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