Man shot, killed Saturday morning in North Las Vegas

A North Las Vegas Police car is seen at the corner of Tonopah Avenue and Stocker Street where a deceased body was found in North Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. The investigation is ongoing. (Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

North Las Vegas Police investigators are seen at the corner of Tonopah Avenue and Stocker Street where a deceased body was found in North Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. The investigation is ongoing. (Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Bystanders are seen comforting each other at the corner of Tonopah Avenue and Stocker Street where a deceased body was found in North Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. The investigation is ongoing. (Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A North Las Vegas Police officer puts up caution tape at the corner of Tonopah Avenue and Stocker Street where a deceased body was found in North Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. The investigation is ongoing. (Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

North Las Vegas Police are seen at the corner of Tonopah Avenue and Stocker Street where a deceased body was found in North Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. The investigation is ongoing. Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal

A North Las Vegas police investigator is seen at the corner of Tonopah Avenue and Stocker Street where a deceased body was found in North Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. The investigation is ongoing. (Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

North Las Vegas Police Officer Aaron Patty speaks to the media at the corner of Tonopah Avenue and Stocker Street where a deceased body was found in North Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. The investigation is ongoing. (Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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By RAVEN JACKSON LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

August 14, 2016 - 2:09 pm

North Las Vegas police are investigating a shooting that left a man dead Saturday morning.

About 6 a.m., police received a call of shots fired near Stocker Street and East Tonopah Avenue, officer Aaron Patty said. Upon arrival shortly after 6 a.m, officers found a 51-year-old Las Vegas man suffering from a gunshot wound. Medical personnel pronounced the man dead on the scene.

No suspect is in custody. The investigation continues, but detectives believe the man may have been robbed at the time of the shooting.

The preliminary investigation indicates the man was on the sidewalk when he was shot.

Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to North Las Vegas police at 702-633-9111 or Crime Stoppers at 702-702-385-5555.

Contact Raven Jackson at rjackson@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Follow @ravenmjackson on Twitter. Contact Jessica Terrones at jterrones@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Find @JessATerrones on Twitter.

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