Arrest made in east Las Vegas Valley shooting death
A man has been arrested in connection with a shooting death this month in the east Las Vegas Valley.
Melvin Alexander, 34, was booked Tuesday into the Clark County Detention Center on suspicion of open murder with a deadly weapon, according to a Metropolitan Police Department news release.
At about 6:45 p.m. Aug. 15, police responded to an apartment near South Nellis Boulevard and East Vegas Valley Drive.
Officers found a man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Medical personnel responded and pronounced him dead at the scene.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified the victim as 38-year-old Felipe Dantas. He died of a gunshot wound to the head.
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