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Police identify man killed in Easter Sunday shooting
Monday, April 13, 2009 | 3:11 p.m.
Homicide
Metro Police have not released a description of the suspect or suspects involved in the shooting death of a man in northwestern Las Vegas on Easter Sunday morning.
The Clark County Coroner's Office has identified the victim as 23-year-old Francisco Morales, address unknown. The death was ruled a homicide from several gunshot wounds, a coroner's office spokeswoman said.
Officers found the man shot to death on Magnolia Avenue, north of West Washington Avenue, about 1 a.m. Sunday, police said.
Anyone with information about this homicide is asked to call Metro's Homicide Section at (702) 828-3521, or to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555. A cash reward may be available to the person or persons with information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect or suspects in this incident.
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