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UPDATE: Coroner identifies man killed at house party

Posted at 5:27 AM, Jan 03, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-04 12:48:11-05

JAN. 4 UPDATE: The Clark County Coroner has identified the victim as 20-year-old Marquinn Hilliard. Hilliard's death was due to multiple gunshot wounds to his chest and it was ruled a homicide.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department says one man is dead following a shooting at a large house party on the east side of Las Vegas late Saturday.

LVMPD Homicide Lt. Ray Spencer said nearly a dozen people called police around 9:45 p.m. reporting shots fired on Dunsbach Way near Lake Mead and Hollywood Boulevards.

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Officers arrived to find one man laying in the driveway of a home suffering from a gunshot wound.

Police say the man died on the scene.

Spencer said most of the party-goers ran away before officers arrived, and police are now calling on anyone who may have seen the gunman to call the LVMPD Homicide unit.

Witnesses can call Crime Stoppers to stay anonymous at (702)385-5555.

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