Man found dead in Spring Valley home ID’d

By Mark Credico / Las Vegas Review-Journal

January 4, 2023 - 3:10 pm

Clark County coroner’s office (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto

The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a man found dead in a Spring Valley home.

The body of Giovanni Moreno, 21, was found by police in a home on the 7100 block of Topeka Drive, near South Rainbow Boulevard and West Tropicana Avenue on Saturday afternoon, according to the coroner’s office.

He died from a gunshot wound to the head, and the coroner ruled his manner of death a homicide.

Contact Mark Credico at mcredico@reviewjournal.com. Follow him on Twitter @MarkCredicoII.

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