Crime & Safety

Las Vegas Police Seek Help Solving January Homicide

Detectives are looking to identify a person of interest in the case.

Take a look at the man in the picture. Detectives from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department believe he has information related to the murder of Donald Paciotti. They say the man is a "person of interest."

Paciotti was found by police early in the morning of January 19, 2017 on the 3900 block of Spring Road. He had been shot several times and brought to University Medical Center Trauma. (Subscribe to local news alerts on Patch).

He was pronounced dead there.

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Detectives believe that he was shot during a robbery and the robbery might have been narcotics-related.

Anyone with any information about this incident is urged to contact the LVMPD
Homicide Section at 702-828-3521, or by email at homicide@lvmpd.com.

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To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 702-3385-5555, on the internet at
www.crimestoppersofnv.com, or text CRIMENV plus tip information to 274637 (CRIMES).

Photo via Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

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