Man faces murder charge in northwest Las Vegas homicide

A 39-year-old man faces a murder charge in connection with a Wednesday night homicide in northwest Las Vegas, court records show.

Las Vegas Justice Court records show that Brandon Tenorio faces charges of open murder, kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon on an older person.

The homicide occurred around 8 p.m. on the 3500 block of Mountain Valley Drive, near Fort Apache and Gowan roads, according to Metropolitan Police Department calls-for-service logs.

Police said in a news release Thursday morning that police found Tenorio and an unresponsive woman, who was not identified, suffering from stab wounds at a residence. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

Detectives determined that Tenorio stabbed the woman, who was his girlfriend, with a blunt object during an argument, police said.

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