Man dies after being stabbed multiple times near UNLV
A man was killed in a stabbing near the UNLV campus on Thursday night, police said.
Two men riding a Regional Transportation Commission bus “got into a disturbance” at 6:38 p.m., according to Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Ray Spencer.
After stepping off the bus at a stop near University Road and South Maryland Parkway, the two engaged in a fight, Spencer said.
He said a man in his early 30s stabbed a man in his late 50s multiple times with a 9- to 10-inch knife.
The victim was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center where he later died.
A security officer working at a nearby In-N-Out witnessed the stabbing.
“That security officer ran across the street and confronted the armed suspect,” Spencer said. “The security officer was able to take the suspect into custody without incident.”
Spencer said the security officer was armed with a taser and Metro officers were on scene within 30 seconds of the stabbing.
The man arrested by security was identified later by police as Emanuel Beccles, 31. He was booked on a murder charge. Court records show he was on probation from a 2019 case in which he plead guilty to assault with a deadly weapon.
Contact David Wilson at dwilson@reviewjournal.com. Follow @davidwilson_RJ on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Sabrina Schnur contributed to this report.
