A dispute between two homeless men over the liquor led to the deadly attack, according to a Las Vegas police report.
Stabbings
A 39-year-old man is in custody for the fatal stabbing of a homeless man near UNLV.
The stabbing occurred just after 1:30 p.m. Friday near Flamingo Road and Maryland Parkway, Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Larry Hadfield said.
Maria L. Reyes-Montes was booked into Clark County Detention Center, Las Vegas police records show. Her bail was set at $20,000.
Las Vegas police are investigating a stabbing Thursday morning in the northeast valley.
Las Vegas Review-Journal records show that homicides this year are on pace with 2016, which was a record-setting year for slayings across the valley.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the woman who was stabbed to death Sunday inside a home in northwest Las Vegas as Lizzette Schley, 45.
Las Vegas police are looking for a man they think stabbed two men in their 20s Sunday night near downtown.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a homicide that happened Sunday morning.
The stabbing happened about 6:10 p.m. on the 7900 block of Windward Road, near Buffalo Drive and Tropicana Avenue, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Carlos Hank said.
A Las Vegas woman was found guilty of first-degree murder but mentally ill Thursday for fatally stabbing her 6-year-old daughter with a pair of scissors.
Officers are questioning the husband of a woman who was stabbed and suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police say.
The man who was found dead in his apartment Thursday night has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
Las Vegas police are searching for a man who stabbed a homeless person Sunday evening during a fight at an east valley McDonald’s.
A woman who told Henderson police she slit her boyfriend’s throat to dissuade him from a suicide attempt is facing an attempted murder charge, an arrest warrant shows.
