Las Vegas Sun

March 29, 2024

Police seek man in North Las Vegas shooting death

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George Benson

North Las Vegas Police detectives are asking for the public's help finding a man who is wanted for questioning in a fatal weekend shooting.

Police described George Benson, 29, as a person of interest in the killing of a 26-year-old North Las Vegas man on Friday.

Benson was last with the victim and a 27-year-old woman in a residence on the 500 block of East Riding Crop Avenue, where the man was found dead.

Preliminary investigation indicated that the victim and Benson got into an altercation which escalated into a shooting. Witnesses reported seeing Benson and the woman fleeing the scene. The woman was transported to UMC in critical condition where she remains, according to police.

Benson is 6 feet, 3 inches tall, 300 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and a tattoo of the "A's" under his right eye.

Anyone with information about Benson and his whereabouts is urged to call the North Las Vegas Police Department at 702-633-9111, or Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555 to remain anonymous.

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