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Man shot dead at northwest Las Vegas apartment complex

(Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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By Rachel Hershkovitz Las Vegas Review-Journal

May 11, 2017 - 8:24 pm

Updated May 11, 2017 - 9:23 pm

Police are investigating a homicide in the northwest valley.

At about 6 p.m. Thursday, Metropolitan Police Department officers were dispatched to Bloom Apartment Homes at 7075 W. Gowan Road, near Tenaya Way, to investigate a shooting.

Police found a man dead in a car, Metro spokesman Carlos Hank said.

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