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Nevada Highway Patrol hunting for armed suspect in Las Vegas

Nevada Highway Patrol is looking for a man who fled from a stolen vehicle with multiple firearms Saturday morning.

Troopers pulled the man over about 4 a.m. in the area of Jones Boulevard and U.S. Highway 95, and he left the car and ran off, the highway patrol said.

The highway patrol described the man as about 6 feet tall and weighing about 200 pounds, with black tattoos on his neck and arms.

Surveillance camera footage showed the man at the Santa Fe hotel-casino before the incident, the highway patrol said.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts may call authorities at 702-486-4111 or Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555 to remain anonymous.

Contact Bianca Cseke at bcseke@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Follow @biancacseke1 on Twitter.

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