LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — One person is dead and another is hospitalized after a stabbing in an east Las Vegas neighborhood on Tuesday.
According to Lt. Robert Price of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's Homicide Section, the incident stemmed from an argument among residents of a home in the 1400 block of Pawnee Drive (near Maryland Parkway and Desert Inn Road).
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Dispatchers received a 911 call at 12 p.m. from an individual reporting someone had been stabbed inside their residence, Price said.
Officers responding to the call encountered the suspect, 41-year-old Roger Peralta, being restrained in the driveway by a resident.
Inside the house, police found two individuals with stab wounds — one in their late 30s and another in their early 40s, Price said. One was taken to Sunrise Hospital, where Price said they are in "critical but stable" condition. The other victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Based on a preliminary investigation by homicide detectives, Price said police believe an escalating argument led to the stabbing.
According to Price, the suspect and another resident of the home were arguing in the laundry room when a third resident came in to break it up. During the altercation, Price said the suspect pulled out a knife and began stabbing both people.
A fourth resident threatened the suspect with a hammer and restrained him until officers arrived, Price said.
Price wasn't immediately able to identify any of the individuals involved or elaborate on the nature of their relationships.
As of 3:30 p.m., he said residents in the area can expect investigators to stay on scene for at least three to four hours.
This was at least the second stabbing incident in the Las Vegas Valley within eight hours on Tuesday. Homicide detectives are investigating another case where a man was found with fatal stab wounds in the area of Lake Mead and M.L.K. boulevards.
