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UPDATE: Coroner identifies man shot, killed near downtown Las Vegas

Posted at 6:47 AM, May 25, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-28 17:15:48-04

UPDATE MAY 28: The Clark County Coroner has identified the victim as 56-year-old Kelvin Johnson. His cause of death was a gunshot wound to the chest and it was ruled a homicide.

ORIGINAL STORY: A man has died in a shooting before Las Vegas police found him near H Street and Owens Avenue.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department says it first got a call about the victim around 1 a.m. Tuesday.

Currently, investigators say they are searching for a shooter and trying to determine what led to the incident.