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Coroner identifies man who died in Saturday morning shooting

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By RAVEN JACKSON LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

August 14, 2016 - 2:15 pm

The Clark County coroner has identified the man who died after a shooting in North Las Vegas on Saturday morning.

About 6 a.m., police found Marlon Porfirio Osorio-Rivera, 51, of Las Vegas near Stocker Street and East Tonopah Avenue suffering from a gunshot wound. Medical personnel arrived and pronounced him dead on the scene, officer Aaron Patty said.

Anyone with information about the shooting can call North Las Vegas police at 702-633-9111 or Crime Stoppers at 702-702-385-5555.

Contact Raven Jackson at rjackson@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Follow @ravenmjackson on Twitter.

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