Man who jumped off I-15 to his death identified
Las Vegas police are investigating near Interstate 15 after a man fell to his death from Interstate 15 onto East Lake Mead Boulevard Monday, Aug. 3, 2015. The right two lanes of westbound Lake Mead Boulevard are closed. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police are investigating near Interstate 15 after a man fell to his death from Interstate 15 onto East Lake Mead Boulevard Monday, Aug. 3, 2015. The right two lanes of westbound Lake Mead Boulevard are closed. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The man who jumped to his death from Interstate 15 onto Lake Mead Boulevard earlier this month was identified by the Clark County coroner's office Wednesday as Jose Luis Salmeron, 41.
The man who jumped to his death from Interstate 15 onto Lake Mead Boulevard earlier this month was identified by the Clark County coroner's office Wednesday.
He was 41-year-old Jose Luis Salmeron. His death was ruled a suicide.
Witnesses called troopers about 8:40 a.m. Aug. 3, saying they saw Salmeron fall from the freeway to the surface street in North Las Vegas, Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Chelsea Stuenkel said that day. He died there.
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