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(Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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By David Wilson / Las Vegas Review-Journal

December 31, 2022 - 8:47 pm

Updated December 31, 2022 - 10:39 pm

A man was found dead inside a home in Spring Valley Saturday afternoon.

Officers responded around 12:20 p.m. to the 7100 block of Topeka Drive, near South Rainbow Boulevard and West Tropicana Avenue, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Police found a man suffering from a gunshot wound, and he was pronounced deceased at the scene.

No further information was available.

Contact David Wilson at dwilson@reviewjournal.com. Follow @davidwilson_RJ on Twitter.

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