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LVMPD: Journalist finds gun at Lake Mead, close to where body in barrel was found

Posted at 3:12 PM, Aug 18, 2022
and last updated 2022-08-19 10:53:21-04

(KTNV) — A journalist found a firearm at Lake Mead on Wednesday, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department says.

The gun was found near Hemenway Harbor, where a body in a barrel was discovered in early May, police said. The person whose remains were found has yet to be identified, but it's estimated they died from a gunshot wound sometime in the mid-1970s or early 1980s.

Police said that when a citizen finds an unattended firearm, an officer responds and recovers the weapon.

Although it is not uncommon for firearms to be found at the lake, it is too early to determine whether it is connected to the current investigation, Metro officials said.

The body found at Hemenway Harbor is one of several recent discoveries of human remains at Lake Mead, where water levels are historically low. Read more about the discoveries at ktnv.com/lakemeadmystery.