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22-Year-Old Shot, Killed East Of Las Vegas Strip Save Email Print
Posted: 11:35 AM Oct 12, 2008
Last Updated: 11:35 AM Oct 12, 2008

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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Las Vegas police say they are investigating an
early morning shooting that left a 22-year-old man dead.

Police say they suspect three men between 18 and 26 years old in the Sunday shooting. No arrests have been made.

Authorities say the victim was shot on the premises of a business near Charleston Boulevard and 17th Street. Officers were called at roughly 1:35 a.m., and took the victim to University Medical Center, where he died.

Authorities say the three men suspected in the shooting fled to a vehicle one block away and were driven away.

Police have not released the victim's name.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

AP-NY-10-12-08 1425EDT

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