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Silverton worker finds gunshot victim dead in parking garage

Silverton Homicide

Jackie Valley

A man was found with a gunshot wound to the head in the parking garage at the Silverton Casino Lodge on Tuesday morning. Metro Police are investigating it as a homicide.

Updated Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 | 1:14 p.m.

Map of Silverton Casino Hotel

Silverton Casino Hotel

3333 Blue Diamond Road , Las Vegas

Metro Police said a man was found shot to death Tuesday morning in the parking garage at the Silverton Casino Lodge in the south Las Vegas Valley.

Police were called at 9:46 a.m. to the Silverton, 3333 Blue Diamond Road, after a hotel employee found the body while driving up the fifth-floor ramp of the parking garage. Metro homicide Lt. Lew Roberts said the man suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head.

Authorities said the death is being investigated as a homicide.

The name of the victim will be released by the Clark County Coroner's Office. He was identified this afternoon only as a Hispanic adult man.

The man isn't an employee of the casino, Roberts said. Investigators haven't determined whether the man had been a guest at the Silverton.

Detectives were beginning to review hours of surveillance video from numerous cameras at the casino. Police also were canvassing the area in search of anyone who might have seen suspicious activity earlier in the day.

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