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May 18, 2013

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Henderson Police probe homicide after man found in street

Henderson Homicide

A 46-year-old man was found dead on a Henderson road Wednesday afternoon, police said.

Officers received a 911 call about 12:30 p.m. from a resident in the 100 block of Copper Street who found the man in the road near Atlantic Avenue, authorities said. Police arrived and said they found the man dead from obvious wounds.

Other details weren’t immediately available.

The Clark County Coroner’s Office will release the man’s name and cause of death after notifying family members. This is the second murder in Henderson this year.

Anyone with information is being asked to call the Henderson Police Department at 702-267-4750 or Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555.

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