A man was beaten to death while waiting for a business to open in the central Las Vegas Valley, according to police.
The Metropolitan Police Department said in a news release that at about 6:19 a.m. Thursday, LVMPD Communications received a report of an unresponsive man who had just been in a physical altercation in the 900 block of East Sahara Avenue.
Responding officers and medical personnel located the man lying on the ground. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, authorities said.
Detectives learned that the victim and a friend were in a line waiting for a business in the area to open.
Police said that a man approached the friend and started yelling at her. The victim, according to authorities, stepped in, and the man hit him in the face, causing him to fall to the ground.
A second man jumped in and the two men continued to beat the victim until the crowd could stop them, police said.
Both suspects fled the area on foot before officers arrived.
The identification of the victim, as well as the cause and manner of death, will be released by the Clark County coroner’s office.
