IN BRIEF

CENTRAL LAS VEGAS VALLEY

Police find man dead from gunshot wounds

Homicide detectives are investigating the early Sunday slaying of a man in the central valley.

Las Vegas police said that about 1:27 a.m., they responded to shots fired on the 900 block of Magnolia Avenue, near Rancho Drive and Washington Avenue. Police said they found a man, whose identity was not released, dead from multiple gunshots. The body was in a driveway.

Anyone with information on the case is encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers at 385-5555 or the Las Vegas police at 828-3521.

REPORT OF KNIFE THREAT

37-year-old wounded in police confrontation

A man armed with what appeared to be two knives refused orders to drop the weapons early Sunday and was injured by an officer, Las Vegas police said.

Police arrived about 2:12 a.m. at a residence near Boulder Highway and Lamb Boulevard after a report of a man with a knife threatening to harm his roommate and kill himself.

Police encountered 37-year-old Julio Cesar Velazquez in front of the residence on the 4500 block of Swandale Avenue. Police said Velazquez refused orders to drop the weapons and surrender. He placed the knife to his throat, police said.

Velazquez then tried to enter the residence where his elderly roommate was, and an officer fired one round at him, police said. Velazquez was taken into custody and transported to Sunrise Trauma Center, where he is listed in stable condition.

The name of the officer who fired his weapon will not be released for 48 hours after the incident.