Man dies after stabbing in apartment near Strip
Police are investigating a fatal stabbing in an apartment near the Strip on Monday night.
Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to a stabbing at an apartment in the 3900 block of Koval Lane at around 7:30 p.m.
Police found the victim, a man in his 40s, inside the apartment. He was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, where he died, Metro Lt. Jason Johansson said.
A family, made up of a mother, two children and the mother’s boyfriend, lived in the apartment. Johansson said. The stabbing occurred after the mother and boyfriend tried to break up a fight between the children, and one of them grabbed a knife and stabbed their mother’s boyfriend.
Johansson said everyone related to the crime is either in custody or cooperating with the police.
No further information was provided.
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