Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Metro investigating death of man found shot in vacant home

Metro Police are investigating the death of a man who was found inside a vacant house near the southern part of the valley Saturday afternoon.

According to police:

At 1:43 p.m., officers were informed of a dead male in the residence located in the 4400 block of Via San Rafael, near Flamingo Road and Arville Street. The reporting party indicated that the man may have been shot two to three days before.

Officers arrived at the residence and found the man who had died from an apparent gunshot wound.

Officers determined the house was used by many different people but was not occupied by an owner or renter.

Investigation revealed that a verbal argument broke out two to three days before while the victim and several other people were in the house. A gunshot was heard at some point during the argument, and the victim was seen lying on the ground.

No suspects have been identified at this time, but police believe the motive may be narcotics-related.

This is the 115th homicide investigated by Metro so far this year.

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