Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Hazmat team investigates substance after person dies at fourplex

A hazmat team was requested to help investigate a possible suicide because the dead person “may have been exposed to a hazardous material,” according to Metro Police.

The incident was reported in a fourplex in the 5300 block of Retablo Avenue, near Flamingo Road and Decatur Boulevard, Metro said Tuesday evening.

When a medical examiner was investigating Monday, someone detected the unknown material and the hazmat team was called, police said.

Although the area was shut down and residents were told to shelter in place at the fourplex, police don’t believe anyone else “was exposed to anything hazardous,” Metro said.

Further details were not immediately available.