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WEST LAS VEGAS SLAYING

Shooting victim was 42-year-old man

A man found shot to death Thursday morning in West Las Vegas was Michael Wayne Lucas, the Clark County coroner's office said.

The 42-year-old was found about 5:30 a.m. in the yard of a vacant home in the 300 block of Frederick Avenue, near Lake Mead Boulevard and D Street, Las Vegas police said.

Anyone with information about the slaying can leave anonymous tips with Crime Stoppers at 385-5555 or call homicide detectives at 828-3521.

NORTH LAS VEGAS SHOOTING

Slaying victim was California teenager

A teenager shot and killed Friday in North Las Vegas was identified as Leonardo Jijon-Felician.

He was found dead about 9 p.m. in the road in the 5200 block of Krista Alethea Street, near Washburn Road and Camino Al Norte, police said.

The 15-year-old from the central California city of Hanford had been shot in the head, the Clark County coroner's office said.

Anyone with information about the slaying can leave anonymous tips with Crime Stoppers at 385-5555.

EARLY MORNING SHOOTING

Authorities identify 35-year-old victim

The man found shot to death early Sunday morning was Jose Francisco Saldana, the Clark County coroner's office said.

The 35-year-old was gunned down just before 2 a.m. in the 5100 block of Dancer Way, near Decatur Boulevard and U.S. Highway 95, Las Vegas police said.

A woman called police after the gunfire and reported a dead man just inside the doorway of her house, police said.

Witnesses told police they heard gunshots and a car speeding from the area.

Anyone with information can leave anonymous tips with Crime Stoppers at 385-5555 or homicide detectives at 828-3521.

SINGLE-CAR WRECK

Coroner's office IDs woman killed in crash

The woman killed in a single-car crash Sunday morning in Southern Hills was Sonyong Kim, according to the Clark County coroner's office.

She was headed east on Somerset Hills Avenue about 6:45 a.m. when her 2002 Toyota hit a light pole in the median near Cosenza Lane, Las Vegas police said.

Kim was taken to St. Rose Dominican Hospital, where she died.

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