LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — A 53-year-old woman was arrested Thursday after allegedly stabbing her husband to death and then stabbing herself inside an apartment, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
Officers responded at approximately 5:34 a.m. to a report of a stabbing in the 6700 block of Del Rey Avenue near Rainbow and Oakey Boulevards. Upon arrival, police located a man and a woman inside an apartment suffering from apparent stab wounds.
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Medical personnel arrived and pronounced the man dead at the scene. The woman, identified by police as Naima Ahmadi, was transported to a local hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
Detectives with the LVMPD Homicide Section responded to investigate.
Ahmadi was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on a charge of open murder with a deadly weapon.
The victim’s identity will be released by the Clark County Coroner’s Office.
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