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Police arrest suspect in apparent fatal beating in North Las Vegas

Updated April 29, 2020 - 11:40 am

North Las Vegas police are investigating an apparent fatal beating of a man Tuesday night.

Police were called to East Tonopah Avenue and Princeton Street at 7:30 p.m., city spokesman Patrick Walker said in a news release. They found a man suffering from injuries that appeared to have been inflicted in a beating.

The man was rushed to University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Walker said police have made an arrest in the case and that the individual was being booked Wednesday morning. The suspect’s name and charges were not immediately released.

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