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Las Vegas police seek public’s help finding suspect in child sex assault

Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in identifying and finding a man wanted in connection with the sexual assault of a child.

In a statement, the Metropolitan Police Department said the man assaulted the child at about 1 p.m. Thursday at a condominium complex near West Lake Mead Boulevard and North Buffalo Drive.

The man had approached two children playing and sexually assaulted one of them nearby, police said in the statement. He then walked away, heading east through the condominium complex.

The release describes the man as an older, thin, white man with white or salt-and-pepper hair. He was last seen wearing a blue T-shirt and black jeans.

Anyone with information may call Metro’s sexual assault section at 702-828-3421 or Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555.

Contact Rachel Hershkovitz at rhershkovitz@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Follow@rzhershkovitz on Twitter.

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