Las Vegas police homicide detectives recently searched through mounds of trash at Republic Services to find a firearm they say links a man to a downtown Las Vegas slaying .
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The suspect told officers he found an “M-80 wrapped in tape” and put it in a refrigerator in a vacant lot at 8th Street and Mesquite Avenue, where it was found by police.
Police said in an email news release that the investigation started at East Mesquite Avenue and North 8th Street at about 9:20 a.m.
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