27-year-old arrested, charged with mother’s stabbing death

Las Vegas police arrested a 27-year-old man Wednesday night suspected of stabbing his mother to death in their southwest valley home.

Garrick Kenneth Brown is being held at the Clark County Detention Center on a charge of murder with a deadly weapon and an outstanding warrant for domestic violence battery with substantial bodily harm.

Police said Brown's mother called police from their home about 10 a.m. Wednesday saying her mentally ill son had attacked her.

Police arrived at the home on the 6300 block of Haleh Avenue, near Jones Boulevard and Blue Diamond Road, to find the woman on the floor.

She was taken to University Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.

The Clark County coroner's office identified the victim as 61-year-old Raymarie Geraldine Brown of Las Vegas.

Police had been called to the home nine times in the past year before the homicide. Five times were for family disturbances.

Garrick Brown also has an extensive criminal history with Las Vegas police, including numerous drug possession arrests, domestic violence battery arrests and an arrest for battery on a police officer.