Son stabbed father in the neck during argument, police say

Las Vegas police have released an arrest report for a man accused of stabbing his father in the neck and then causing a lengthy standoff at an east Las Vegas apartment complex.

Kyle Pike, 21, of Las Vegas, was initially booked at the Clark County Detention Center on suspicion of attempted murder with a deadly weapon in the Oct. 21 stabbing at The Suites, 4855 Boulder Highway. Las Vegas Justice Court records now show prosecutors chose to charge him only with battery with use of a deadly weapon causing substantial bodily harm.

An arrest report for Pike states police were called to the apartment complex at 6:28 a.m. after Pike’s father told a neighbor, then police, that his son had stabbed him in the neck with a large knife. The victim said he was arguing with his son when he was stabbed.

“(The victim) was bleeding profusely from the left side of his neck and the white t-shirt he was wearing was soaked in his own blood,” police said.

The victim was rushed to a hospital and survived despite what police said was an “almost severed” jugular vein on the left side of his neck. Police attempted to contact Kyle Pike but couldn’t reach him in the apartment where the stabbing occurred. After a nearly four-hour standoff, SWAT officers arrested Pike.

In an interview with police, he said, “I only remember three things: I got up to pee, I saw a flash of steel and I was holding my dad,” according to officers. Police said Pike did not admit to the stabbing.

Las Vegas Justice Court records show a preliminary hearing in the case is scheduled for Nov. 10.

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