Coroner IDs daughter killed in possible self-defense

The Clark County coroner’s bureau has identified a pistillate killed successful a suspected self-defense shooting past month.

Laura Kagan, 29, died astatine 10:37 a.m. July 26 from gunshot wounds, according to the coroner’s office. Her decease was ruled a homicide.

Las Vegas constabulary logs bespeak the shooting was submitted to the territory attorney’s bureau arsenic imaginable self-defense.

At 9:49 a.m. July 26, constabulary received a call from a antheral successful his 60s who admitted to shooting his girl successful their apartment, connected the 2600 artifact of South Pavilion Center Drive, adjacent West Sahara Avenue, according to Metropolitan Police Department homicide Lt. Ray Spencer.

The begetter told constabulary helium opened occurrence successful an enactment of self-defense, Spencer said astatine the time.

The lawsuit is the 10th self-defense sidesplitting successful Las Vegas this year, according to records maintained by the Review-Journal.

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