LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Police mentioned a person allegedly stabbed and killed his father with a kitchen knife after an argument Monday morning.
At round 7:30 a.m., a girl in her 20s known as 911 stating that her brother was stabbing her father, in accordance with Lieutenant Robert Value.
Officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division responded to the 1900 block of Rexford Drive, close to East St Louis Avenue and South Las Vegas Boulevard.
Officers positioned the brother, a person in his 30s, and took him into custody, Value mentioned at a media convention on Monday.
Whereas clearing the residence, officers additionally positioned the daddy, who was mendacity on the bottom, affected by a number of stab wounds. Officers rendered assist till medical personnel arrived and pronounced him useless. Value mentioned the sufferer was in his 50s.
Murder detectives took over the investigation. Value mentioned preliminary particulars present the daddy and son had been in “some type of argument” and sooner or later, the argument turned bodily.
In the course of the combat, the son grabbed a kitchen knife and commenced stabbing the daddy, Value mentioned.
That is an remoted incident and Value mentioned there is no such thing as a risk to the general public right now.
Police didn’t present names for the suspect or the sufferer. Police additionally didn’t say what expenses the suspect might face.
