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Detectives Investigate Fatal Shooting in Northwest Part of the Valley
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Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Office of Public Information
400 S. Martin L. King Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89106
Office: 702-828-4082
Sheriff Kevin McMahill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
On September 21, 2025, at approximately 9:55 a.m., LVMPD Communications received a report of a shooting in the 10600 block of Mount Blackburn Avenue. Officers arrived and located a male suffering from apparent gunshot wounds along with another male, later identified as 24-year-old Akili Porter, inside of a residence. Medical personnel arrived and pronounced the victim deceased at the scene.
The LVMPD Homicide Section was notified and responded to the scene.
Through the course of the investigation, detectives learned that the victim and Porter were in an argument when Porter pulled out a firearm and pointed it at the victim. He exited the house but immediately re-entered and shot the victim multiple times.
Porter was taken into custody and booked into the Clark County Detention Center for Open Murder with a Deadly Weapon.
The identification of the victim, as well as the cause and manner of death, can be obtained through the Clark County Coroner’s Office.
Anyone with any information about this incident is urged to contact the LVMPD Homicide Section by phone at 702-828-3521, or by email at homicide@lvmpd.com. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 702-385-5555, or on the internet at www.crimestoppersofnv.com.
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