Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 | 5:55 p.m.
Mario Velasco
Metro Police have identified a suspect in the slaying of a homeless man who they say was shot in November while resting on a sidewalk near a Las Vegas cemetery.
Mario Velasco, 26, has been jailed since December on unrelated charges but was rebooked Thursday in connection to the murder of a yet-to-be identified 46-year-old man on Nov. 10, police said.
Velasco is being held without bail at the Clark County Detention Center on one count each of murder and shooting into a structure, and two counts each of attempted robbery and assault with a deadly weapon, jail logs show.
Officers were called about 4:30 a.m. to the outside area of the Wlldlawn Cemetery, near Las Vegas Boulevard North and Owens Avenue, police said.
The victim was found suffering from a gunshot wound in the chest, police said. He later died at an area hospital.
Further details on the arrest or incident were not immediately available.
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