Woman dead in stabbing at central Las Vegas park

One woman fatally stabbed another Thursday in a central valley park bathroom, Las Vegas police said.

Officers were called about 2:15 p.m. to West Flamingo Park, near South Jones Boulevard, on reports of the stabbing, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. When officers arrived, they found a woman suffering from multiple stab wounds, homicide Lt. Ray Spencer said. She died at the scene.

Spencer said both women might have been homeless.

Detectives believe the women, who possibly knew each other, got in an “altercation” in a women’s bathroom, which ended in the stabbing, Spencer said. Police believe the other woman ran to a home behind the park immediately afterward.

Spencer said detectives found a “possible suspect,” identified only as a woman in her 30s, in the home.

“At this point that female is being questioned by detectives, and we are still trying to locate any potential witnesses,” he said during a briefing at the scene.

The victim will be identified by the Clark County coroner’s officer after her family has been notified. More information about the stabbing and what led up to it was not available Thursday evening.

The woman’s death marks the 57th homicide investigation conducted by Metro this year, according to Review-Journal records.

Contact Katelyn Newberg at knewberg@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0240. Follow @k_newberg on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Mike Shoro contributed to this report.