Police look for suspect in fatal stabbing in central Las Vegas
A man was stabbed to death outside a central valley strip mall late Sunday, Las Vegas police said.
The stabbing was called in about 11:45 p.m. at 2797 S. Maryland Parkway, near Vegas Valley Drive, according to Metro Lt. Peter Kisfalvi.
Here's the briefing from Homicide Lt. Ray Spencer at the scene. Police are still searching for the stabber. #RJNow pic.twitter.com/6Tq9WC5dT9
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Two men in their 50s were walking northbound on the 2700 block of S. Maryland Parkway when they got into an argument, according to Metro homicide Lt. Ray Spencer.
One man stabbed the other multiple times and fled on foot. The Clark County coroner’s office on Monday identified the victim as 52-year-old Roy Butz.
Passers-by tried to help Butz, Spencer said, but he later died at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center.
Investigators arrested the suspected stabber Monday night, police said.
Butz’s death marks the 84th homicide Metro has investigated this year, and the 101st within Clark County.
Contact Max Michor at mmichor@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Follow @MaxMichor on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writers Katelyn Newberg and Blake Apgar contributed to this report.