Houses evacuated during stabbing investigation
Las Vegas police respond Monday to a house on the southeast corner of Ronald Lane and Stewart Avenue in east Las Vegas after reports of a stabbing. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police respond to a house at the southeast corner of Ronald Lane and Stewart Avenue in east Las Vegas on Monday, April 20, 2015. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Police tape around the front of a house at the southeast corner of Ronald Lane and Stewart Avenue in east Las Vegas marks the perimeter of a scene where Las Vegas police responded to reports of a stabbing on Monday, April 20, 2015. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Police tape around the front of a house at the southeast corner of Ronald Lane and Stewart Avenue in east Las Vegas marks the perimeter of a scene where Las Vegas police responded to reports of a stabbing on Monday, April 20, 2015. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police respond to a house at the southeast corner of Ronald Lane and Stewart Avenue in east Las Vegas on Monday, April 20, 2015. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police evacuated houses in the east valley Monday after they said a woman in a nearby home was stabbed.
Officers responded at 3:41 p.m. to a “domestic-related” stabbing at 328 Ronald Lane, near Stewart Avenue and Lamb Boulevard, Metro spokesman Lt. Dave Valenta said.
Police worked to coax a male armed with a kitchen knife out, Valenta said. By about 5:50 p.m., police had taken him into custody.
Information about the female who was stabbed was not immediately available.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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