LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Investigators are asking for the public's help in identifying a man killed at Burning Man Saturday night.
On Aug. 30, just before 9:15 p.m., while the “Man” was starting to burn, a Pershing County Sheriff's Office deputy was flagged down by a festivalgoer who reported a man lying in a pool of blood. When PCSO deputies and Bureau of Land Management rangers responded, they found the man lying on the ground, “obviously deceased,” according to a press release from PCSO.
Authorities said Sunday that they are investigating the death as a homicide and have interviewed several festival participants in the area.
Anyone who was in the area of 8 o'clock and I Street and 845 and I Street in Black Rock City between 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 30, who may have seen or heard anyth