Las Vegas police unable to ID man arrested in fatal shooting

The Metropolitan Police Department has not been capable to corroborate the individuality of a antheral arrested connected a execution number pursuing a shootout Thursday nighttime extracurricular a downtown Las Vegas convenience store.

The alleged gunman was booked into the Clark County Detention Center arsenic a “John Doe,” Metro said Saturday successful a quality release.

Gunfire erupted astir 9:45 p.m. successful the parking batch of a 7-Eleven astatine 1415 Fremont Street, adjacent 15th Street, constabulary said.

An quarrel betwixt 2 men escalated into an “altercation,” and past a shooting, aft the execution fishy pulled retired a gun, prompting the different antheral to bash the same, Lt. Ray Spencer said Friday.

The victim, who was deed once, died astatine University Medical Center, constabulary said.

Early successful the investigation, Spencer said detectives did not cognize if the unfortunate fired his gun, but constabulary connected Saturday called the shooting an “exchange of gunfire.”

The suspect, who drove off, was subsequently arrested successful southwest Las Vegas, Spencer said. Police did not expound connected the arrest.

The Clark County coroner’s bureau is tasked with releasing the victim’s name.

Anyone with accusation is asked to interaction Metro astatine 702-828-3521 oregon homicide@lvmpd.com. To stay anonymous, interaction Crime Stoppers astatine 702-385-5555 oregon online astatine crimestoppesrofnv.com.

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