‘RIP LENNY:’ Man dies on Las Vegas street after he’s apparently shot

Las Vegas Review-Journal

1 year ago

The words “RIP LENNY” were spray painted over a previous message that said “RIP LENS” near where a man was killed at Upland Boulevard and Evergreen Avenue in Las Vegas on April 30, 2023. (Brett Clarkson/Las Vegas Review Journal)

The area where a man was shot dead shortly after midnight at the cross streets of Evergreen Avenue and Upland Boulevard in Las Vegas, Sunday, April 30, 2023. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Candles are placed in the area where a man was shot dead shortly after midnight at the cross streets of Evergreen Avenue and Upland Boulevard in Las Vegas, Sunday, April 30, 2023. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Spray painted graffiti near the scene of where a man was killed at Upland Boulevard and Evergreen Avenue in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 30, 2023, appears to read in part, “RIP LENS.” This graffiti was then spray painted over by a man, who was with another group of mourners, who wrote the words “RIP LENNY.” All of the mourners declined to talk to a reporter. (Brett Clarkson/Las Vegas Review Journal)

A man was killed in a neighborhood near Charleston and Jones boulevards overnight, apparently the victim of a shooting, police said.

According to a Metropolitan Police Department statement, officers responding to reports of gunfire found the man in the area of Evergreen Avenue and Upland Boulevard just after 12:30 a.m. Sunday.

Police said the victim was found with an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The man’s identity hadn’t been officially released yet, but groups of mourners who showed up to the scene later Sunday referred to the victim as Lenny.

Somebody had initially spray painted what appeared to be the words “RIP LENS” on a wall near where the shooting happened. However, when another group of young men showed up to the scene early Sunday afternoon, one of those men covered over that first graffiti with black spray paint and wrote “RIP LENNY.”

“It’s everyone’s loss,” one of the mourners said. All of them declined to speak to a reporter as they left flowers and candles under the “RIP LENNY” message.

Metro homicide detectives are investigating.

The man’s name as well as his cause and manner of death — if his death was a homicide — will be officially released by the Clark County coroner’s office.

Police are urging anybody with information to contact Metro’s Homicide Section at 702-828-3521 or by email at homicide@lvmpd.com.

Anonymous tips can also be given to Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555 or online at www.CrimeStoppersOfNV.com.

Contact Brett Clarkson at bclarkson@reviewjournal.com. Follow @BrettClarkson_ on Twitter.