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Man found fatally shot in east Las Vegas Valley

(Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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By David Wilson / Las Vegas Review-Journal

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A man was found fatally shot Aug. 30 in the east Las Vegas Valley.

At around 5:45 p.m., officers responded to the 70 block of Parrish Lane, near North Christy Lane and East Charleston Boulevard, after a report of a dead body. Officers found a man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, according to Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Joshua Houchen.

The Clark County coroner’s office ruled that the man died by suicide.

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