Man found dead with gunshot wound identified
The body of Hussein Abdelgilil, an 18-year-old Henderson man was found just after 3 p.m. in a ditch near East Azure Avenue and North Lamb Boulevard. (Screengrab, Google Maps)
The man found dead with a gunshot wound in a drainage ditch earlier this month was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office on Sunday.
Hussein Abdelgilil, an 18-year-old Henderson man, was found dead on Jan. 15 in a ditch near East Azure Avenue and North Lamb Boulevard, according to North Las Vegas police.
Police later said that Abdelgilil had suffered from a gunshot wound.
The coroner’s office did not release the official cause and manner of death on Sunday.
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