1 dead, 1 injured in attempted robbery in northeast Las Vegas, police say

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — An attempted robbery turned deadly early Sunday morning when the suspect and victim both shot each other, according to police.

The shooting was reported shortly before 12:30 a.m. outside of a business near Lake Mead and Nellis boulevards.

According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan police, when officers arrived, they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds who died at the scene. A second man, identified as 39-year-old Robert Aguilar Jr., was found a few blocks away on Kell Lane suffering from gunshot wounds and transported to the hospital with critical injuries…

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