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Police release sketch of suspect in fatal central Las Vegas shooting

Police have released a sketch of a suspect in the killing of Kolton Sawyer in the central Las Vegas valley earlier this month. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
Las Vegas police investigate the scene at the corner of Holly Avenue and Allen Lane near Rancho and Vegas drives Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. A male shooting victim's body was found in the street 1900 block of Allen Lane. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto
Las Vegas police investigate the scene at the corner of Holly Avenue and Allen Lane near Rancho and Vegas drives Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. A male shooting victim's body was found in the street. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto
Las Vegas police investigate the scene at the corner of Holly Avenue and Allen Lane near Rancho and Vegas drives Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. A male shooting victim's body was found in the street. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto
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By Blake Apgar Las Vegas Review-Journal
December 20, 2017 - 4:46 pm
 
Updated December 20, 2017 - 10:54 pm

Las Vegas police on Wednesday released a sketch of a man suspected of killing another man in the central Las Vegas Valley earlier this month.

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Kolton Sawyer, 26, was killed Dec. 1 after he and two others chased a man who reportedly earlier robbed a woman walking along Rancho Drive near Melody Lane, police said.

The suspected robber then turned around and fired his weapon, hitting only Sawyer, police said. His body was found on the 1900 block of Allen Lane.

Police released a surveillance clip that shows the silhouette of the suspected shooter running from the scene, but authorities have not yet identified him.

Contact Blake Apgar at bapgar@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5298. Follow @blakeapgar on Twitter.

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