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Man stabbed to death in Tropicana parking lot identified

Updated Monday, May 11, 2009 | 12:51 p.m.

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Tanner Rosseau

UDPATED STORY: Bail set for man accused in Tropicana parking lot stabbing

A man who was stabbed to death on the Las Vegas Strip Friday morning has been identified.

The Clark County Coroner's Office said 35-year-old Gregory Dominique of Cleveland, Ohio, was stabbed several times. The manner of death was ruled a homicide, a spokeswoman for the coroner's office said today.

Metro Police said officers found Dominique suffering from multiple stab wounds at 4:12 a.m. Friday in the Tropicana hotel and casino parking lot.

The victim was taken to University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Officers searching the area found 18-year-old Tanner Rousseau, of Arlington, Wash., in a car near the Las Vegas Strip resort.

Rousseau has been booked into the Clark County Detention Center on a charge of murder with a deadly weapon.

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