1 wounded in early morning stabbing
Las Vegas police investigate a stabbing on Flamingo Road east of Eastern Avenue in Las Vegas on Monday, May 18, 2015. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Chase Stevens on Twitter @csstevensphoto
Las Vegas police reroute traffic as they investigate a stabbing on Flamingo Road east of Eastern Avenue in Las Vegas on Monday, May 18, 2015. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Chase Stevens on Twitter @csstevensphoto
Las Vegas police investigate a stabbing on Flamingo Road east of Eastern Avenue in Las Vegas on Monday, May 18, 2015. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Chase Stevens on Twitter @csstevensphoto
All lanes of Flamingo Road just east of Eastern Avenue are closed for a police investigation Monday morning, according to the Regional Transportation Commission. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
All lanes of Flamingo Road just east of Eastern Avenue are closed for a police investigation Monday morning, according to the Regional Transportation Commission. (Courtesy RTC Fast Cameras)
A Las Vegas police investigation of a stabbing Monday temporarily closed a section of Flamingo Road near Eastern Avenue.
The call came in about 3:30 a.m. near the intersection of Flamingo and Topaz Road, Metro said. The stabbing happened after a fight escalated.
One person was taken to a valley hospital, police said. A condition was not immediately available.
Contact Kimberly De La Cruz at kdelacruz@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Find her on Twitter: @KimberlyinLV.
