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UPDATE: Coroner identifies man police say was shot after fight

Police still looking for shooter
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JAN. 8 UPDATE: The Clark County Coroner has identified the decedent as 19-year-old James Bogar Lepe from Las Vegas. Lepe's death was due to a gunshot wound to the chest and it has been ruled a homicide.

Police are looking for a man after a shooting around 7 p.m. Sunday near Hacienda Avenue and Decatur Boulevard.

Police say a man allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend's brother after the two got info a fight.

The family claims the suspected shooter had been abusing his girlfriend.

Police say the shooter drove away after the shooting and they are asking him to turn himself in.