Victim, suspect identified in Wal-Mart parking lot stabbing death
The Henderson man stabbed to death outside a Wal-Mart on Wednesday night has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Oscar Hernandez.
The 24-year-old was stabbed several times after bumping a shopping cart into Jose Torres-Rodriguez’s car, Las Vegas police said, at 5198 Boulder Highway, near Nellis Boulevard.
Police believe the men fought before Hernandez was stabbed. He died later at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center.
Torres-Rodriguez, 57, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on charges of murder with a deadly weapon. He wa being held without bail.
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