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Man shot dead near Las Vegas Strip Friday identified

A Las Vegas police car is parked near Las Palmas Apartments where a man was shot just after midnight on Friday, June 24, 2016, in Las Vegas. (Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bleblancphoto)
Las Palmas Apartments, 3550 Paradise Road. (Google Street View)
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By MAX MICHOR LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
June 26, 2016 - 12:12 pm
 

The Clark County coroner has identified the man who died after a Friday night shooting near the Strip.

At about 1 a.m. Friday, Elliot Black, 23, was found wounded in a unit at Las Palmas Apartments, 3350 Paradise Road, near East Desert Inn Road. Black was taken to the University Medical Center but died from multiple gunshot wounds.

The Metropolitan Police Department said a fight led to the shooting in the apartment where Black was found, and the shooter fled the scene. Metro continues to investigate the homicide.

Anyone with information about the shooting can call Metro’s homicide section at 702-828-3521 or Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555.

Contact Max Michor at mmichor@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Find @MaxMichor on Twitter.

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