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Police investigate shooting death in northeast Las Vegas

Updated Monday, Dec. 23, 2013 | 12:15 p.m.

Metro Police are investigating a shooting death that occurred in the northeast Las Vegas valley on Sunday evening.

Police say they were called at a home near Carey Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard around 6 p.m.

Officers found a man with a gunshot wound inside a garage. He was taken to hospital where he later died.

The Clark County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Anthony Wayne Walker, 27, of Las Vegas.

Lt. Ray Steiber says investigators suspect the shooting may have been part of a robbery.

He says police have not yet identified any suspects but witnesses reported seeing two men leave the home in a white minivan.

Metro police ask anyone with information to call 702-355-5555.

Las Vegas Sun reporter Brian Nordli contributed to this report.

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