LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department provided an update to the case where a man was found deceased with a stab wound near a dumpster in early December.
BREAKING STORY: Las Vegas police find man with stab wound deceased near a dumpster
On December 3, Billings allegedly stabbed a victim — who was later identified as Marcus Rocha — in the alley of 1300 Sombrero Drive.
27-year-old Joshua Billings was arrested as the suspect in this case, after he was taken into custody in the 1000 block of North Pecos Road near the east valley, according to police.
According to an arrest report, police identified Billings as the suspect after Rocha was discovered with an apparent stab wound near a dumpster after midnight by local hospital workers. Billings was also seen on surveillance video approaching and leaving the scene of the crime and was eventually located and apprehended by police inside Bert's Gaming.
Billings was booked into the Clark County Detention Center for open murder with a deadly weapon, police say.
Anyone with any information about this incident is urged by police to contact the LVMPD Homicide Section by phone at 702-828-3521, or by email at homicide@lvmpd.com. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 702-385-5555, or on the internet at www.crimestoppersofnv.com.
