Man found dead in a vehicle in central Las Vegas

By David Wilson / Las Vegas Review-Journal

December 31, 2022 - 4:26 pm

(Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A man in a crashed vehicle was found dead with a gunshot wound in central Las Vegas early Saturday.

At around 12:25 a.m. police responded to a vehicle that had crashed into a water line near West Bonanza Road and Clarkway Drive, east of North Tonopah Drive. The man inside was suffering from a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead on the scene, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

The death is being investigated as a homicide.

No further information was available.

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