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Sheriff: Crowds, alcohol, drugs fueling Vegas Strip violence

by Associated Press
| September 23, 2020 4:06 PM

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities are investigating the latest shooting outside a Las Vegas Strip resort amid a spike in violent crime around the city’s marquee tourist area that police said Wednesday has led to at least 1,100 arrests since Aug. 1 and the seizure of more than 60 weapons.

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