LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A person going through tried homicide fees allegedly stabbed two of his roommates after a struggle over orange juice, based on paperwork 8 Information Now obtained Thursday.
On Monday, Feb. 24, round 9:30 p.m., officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division responded to a residence within the 2700 block of Alcoa Avenue, close to West Sahara Avenue and Interstate 15, after an individual known as 911 to report a stabbing.
The caller informed 911 that their roommate stabbed them and nonetheless had a knife. Arriving officers discovered Philjohn Yumang, 19, holding a knife whereas one other individual held him down. Police took Yumang into custody and paramedics took the victims to a close-by hospital.
One of many victims, who was in his late 40s, had 5 stab wounds to his head and face and two stab wounds to his shoulder and arm. The opposite sufferer, a person in his late 70s, had stab wounds in his eye, ear and scalp, police stated.
Yumang informed police he stabbed one of many victims as a result of they “called him a bad name” throughout a struggle about orange juice that was of their fridge, based on the report.
He additionally informed police he “accidentally” stabbed the opposite sufferer “during the scuffle.” Yumang then requested for a lawyer, ending the interview, the report stated.
The second sufferer informed police he heard “a commotion” exterior his room whereas he was sleeping. When he went to test it out, he discovered Yumang stabbing the opposite sufferer. When he grabbed Yumang to cease him, he stated Yumang “became angry” and started stabbing him.
When detectives requested if he could have been by chance stabbed like Yumang stated, he stated no and that Yumang was indignant at him for stopping the struggle and deliberately stabbed him.
Police took Yumang to the Clark County Detention Heart the place he faces two counts of tried homicide with the usage of a lethal weapon. He was held on a $250,000 bail. If he posts bail, Yumang shall be on high-level digital monitoring and won’t be allowed to have weapons in his possession.
Moreover, he is not going to be allowed any contact with the victims.
His subsequent court docket look was scheduled for March 13.
