The shooting began with a package theft, North Las Vegas police said.
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Police confirmed a man who was found dead had been sought in connection with two slayings in the past week and killed a man during a 2003 burglary.
Officer Jonathan Collingwood shot and wounded a man near Charleston and Lamb boulevards, police said.
Carlos Manuel Perez Jr., 28, died on Nov. 12, 2014, while he was serving an 18- to 48-month sentence for battery at High Desert State Prison, in Indian Springs.
A Henderson resident had alerted cops to a possible vehicle break-in. After one of the break-in suspects pulled a gun, a police officer shot the man.
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A man who appeared to be trying to break into a house was fatally shot by North Las Vegas police Saturday night, officers said.
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