Arrest made in killing of homeless man
A 41-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the killing of a homeless man found dead on a pedestrian bridge in downtown Las Vegas, police said.
Cecil Walls Jr. faces a charge of open murder after another man was found dead at 6:05 p.m. Saturday in the 900 block of Las Vegas Boulevard North, near East Washington Avenue, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
While Las Vegas police initially deemed the death suspicious, homicide detectives determined that the unidentified victim was involved in a verbal altercation before he died.
Police initially reported Walls’ age as 71, but said Tuesday that he had provided his father’s date of birth.
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