LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A person is accused of stabbing a Metro police officer whereas the officer was making an attempt to arrest him, the 8 Information Now Investigators have discovered.
Kenta Taylor, 20, faces costs of tried homicide and resisting a public officer, information stated. The cost is enhanced as a result of the incident concerned a primary responder.
On Feb. 8, officers responded to a name about an individual lighting tents on fireplace close to Van Buren Avenue and F Road within the Historic Westside. A witness relayed an outline of the suspect to a responding officer who then discovered the person, recognized as Taylor, close by, police stated.
Taylor ran from the officer however fell after leaping over a wall, police stated. Whereas the officer was making an attempt to take Taylor into custody, Taylor allegedly grabbed a screwdriver and stabbed the officer within the neck and hand, paperwork stated.
Police described the screwdriver as six inches lengthy. After the stabbing, the officer believed Taylor had bitten him, paperwork stated.
The officer then deployed his digital management gadget on Taylor, however it had no impact, police stated. A number of minutes later, one other officer shot Taylor with a non-lethal gadget and a police canine bit his arm.
The officer was handled for his accidents and launched from the hospital within the hours after the stabbing, a spokesperson stated.
Throughout Taylor’s possible trigger listening to a day after his arrest, Las Vegas Justice Courtroom Professional Temp Choose Lucinda Coumou set bail at $100,000. A preliminary listening to was scheduled for Feb. 25.
The incident was not reported till the 8 Information Now Investigators filed a information request final week. It occurred days after one other man shot and killed a North Las Vegas police officer responding to a report of an individual with a gun.
