Police said the man fatally shot by an officer during a traffic stop in downtown Las Vegas had a “homemade knife.” Demontry Floytra Boyd, 43, died Saturday at University Medical Center from multiple gunshot wounds after officer Paul Bruning, 48, shot him during a traffic stop. Bruning pulled Boyd over on suspicion of driving recklessly at 7:41 a.m. near Sunrise Avenue and 18th Street.
The man Las Vegas police killed Thursday at an apartment complex had a history of domestic violence, the police department said.
Metropolitan Police Department held a briefing Thursday afternoon about the fatal shooting on North Rancho Drive, where a man charged at a police officer with a knife. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
