The Clark County coroner’s office said he died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen. His death has been ruled a homicide.
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The man died of gunshot wounds to the neck and torso, according to the Clark County coroner’s office, which ruled his death a homicide.
The 30-year-old officer who exchanged gunfire with a man on Saturday has been with the department since 2017 and is assigned to the Summerlin area command.
Investigators believe the victim, a man in his 50s, “was a known homeless man who frequented the area,” the department said in a statement Thursday.
Clark County Detention Center records show Tiderrick Thompson, 23, was booked at the Clark County Detention Center Tuesday on suspicion of murder in the May 9 slaying.
A fact-finding review was held Tuesday about the death of 23-year-old Jose Hernandez, who shot himself last year after an hourslong stand off with police.
Las Vegas police say two men were shot in northeast Las Vegas early Tuesday.
A felon who previously dodged a murder charge in Las Vegas has been arrested in a March shooting that left a man dead in the central Las Vegas Valley.
Police say a Las Vegas man has been arrested in the attempted shooting of his ex-girlfriend and another man as they drove on U.S. Highway 95 in the western Las Vegas Valley.