Las Vegas police accuse man of killing neighbor during altercation

A Las Vegas man is accused by Las Vegas police of shooting and killing his neighbor during an altercation early Sunday morning.

Police found a man’s body with a gunshot wound on the 800 block of North Tonopah Drive at around 2:20 a.m. Sunday, according to a Metropolitan Police Department press release.

On Wednesday, the Clark County coroner’s office identified the victim as Oscar Cano, 36. He died of a gunshot wound to the neck, the coroner’s office said.

Police arrested Cano’s neighbor, 46-year-old Jose Henriquez, in connection with the killing. Henriquez is accused of pulling out a gun and shooting Cano during the altercation.

Henriquez was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on suspicion of open murder, according to jail records.

He was still in custody Sunday evening and was due in court on Wednesday, according to court records.

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