Coroner IDs man who fled from Las Vegas police, shot himself

By Dalton LaFerney / Las Vegas Review-Journal

May 7, 2020 - 11:30 am

The Clark County Coroner and Medical Examiner office located at 1704 Pinto Lane in Las Vegas. (Review-Journal file photo)

The Clark County coroner’s office identified the man who fatally shot himself after fleeing from Las Vegas police on Monday.

Donald Adams, 28, died of a gunshot wound to the head, and his death was ruled a suicide, the coroner’s office said Wednesday.

Adams was wanted on felony warrants and was on house arrest, the Metropolitan Police Department has said. Officers were sent to a residence to take Adams into custody.

Police said Adams ran down an alley on the 1900 block of Fremont Street on Monday morning. Officers heard a gunshot and found Adams dead.

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A North Las Vegas police vehicle. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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