North Las Vegas police investigating fatal home invasion shooting
North Las Vegas police were investigating a shooting that killed a suspected home intruder.
Police responded around 1 p.m. Tuesday to a call about a home intruder who was shot after breaking into a house on the 600 block of Sand Sage Avenue, near Carey Avenue and Revere Street.
When officers got to the scene, they found an adult man dead, according to a news release from the North Las Vegas Police Department. The residents at the house told the police that they did not know the man.
Police said the victim entered the house through the front door before he was shot.
North Las Vegas police said homicide detectives are investigating the shooting.
The fatal shooting marks the 19th homicide in the department’s jurisdiction this year.
No further information was available.
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