Police investigate body found along roadway in northwest Las Vegas
The Metropolitan Police Department investigate after a man was found dead alongside Interstate 95 North near the West Lake Mead Boulevard exit ramp on Monday, July 13, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
The Metropolitan Police Department investigate after a man was found dead alongside Interstate 95 North near the West Lake Mead Boulevard exit ramp on Monday, July 13, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
The Metropolitan Police Department investigate after a man was found dead alongside Interstate 95 North near the West Lake Mead Boulevard exit ramp on Monday, July 13, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
The Metropolitan Police Department investigate after a man was found dead alongside Interstate 95 North near the West Lake Mead Boulevard exit ramp on Monday, July 13, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Authorities are trying to determine what killed a man found dead alongside a roadway in northwest Las Vegas on Monday morning.
Las Vegas police said they responded to the 1900 block of North Rainbow Boulevard, near West Lake Mead Boulevard, at 9:11 a.m. and found a male dead from unknown causes alongside the road.
Traffic was being routed around the area where the body was found.
Police described the deceased as an “unresponsive, unhoused person.” An investigation was underway to determine a cause and manner of death.
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