Coroner identifies man who died in Saturday shooting at Las Vegas bar
January 23, 2017 - 11:31 am
The Clark County coroner has identified the man who was fatally shot in the doorway of an east valley bar Saturday morning.
Police found Alberto Sanchez-Delatorre, 24, of Las Vegas suffering from multiple gunshot wounds just after 7 a.m. at the OK Corral bar, 1602 N. Nellis Blvd., after a physical confrontation inside the bar with another man. Police said the other man may have left the bar and later returned with a handgun.
The Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement that the man fired four to six shots, one of which unintentionally hit a waitress in the leg. She was taken to University Medical Center with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
Metro Lt. Dan McGrath said Saturday that the shooter escaped after a security guard chased him through the bar parking lot and into a nearby neighborhood.
The shooter is believed to be a light-skinned Hispanic man in his 20s with prescription glasses and a ponytail. He was last seen wearing a black shirt and bluejeans, police said.
Police are seeking help from the more than 30 people who were at the bar during the shooting to identify a suspect and piece together the events leading up to the killing.
McGrath particularly urged the woman in a white car who was seen dropping the shooter off at the bar before the incident to come forward. Anyone with information may call Metro’s homicide section at 702-828-3521.
This was the 11th homicide investigated by Metro and the 13th homicide in Clark County in 2017.
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