Man shot dead in west Las Vegas casino parking lot
A man was shot and killed in the parking lot of a Dotty’s casino in the west Las Vegas Valley on Tuesday, police said.
Officers responded to a shooting in the 6000 block of West Charleston Boulevard, near Jones Boulevard, around 4:15 a.m., according to Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Robert Price.
Officers arrived to find a man suffering from a gunshot wound, Price said in a news briefing. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The victim was in the parking lot near the trunk of his vehicle when a car, described as a sedan, pulled into the parking lot, Price said. It appeared that the people in the car had a brief conversation with the man, and at some point, they pulled out a firearm and shot him, according to Price.
That car was last seen headed north on Jones, Price added.
“We do believe this is an isolated incident,” Price said. “We do not believe there is any threat to the public at this time, but we encourage anybody with any information to please reach out to LVMPD Homicide.”
Price said that detectives were still reviewing business surveillance footage as of Tuesday morning. He could not provide the make or model of the suspect car, and when asked what the relationship was between the victim and the suspects, Price said that police were “unable to determine that at this time.”
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