LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Police are investigating after a family argument turned deadly Monday morning, authorities said.
It happened around 7:30 a.m. in the area of the 1900 block of Rexford Drive, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
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According to Lt. Robert Price, authorities received a 911 call from a woman claiming her brother was stabbing her father.
When officers arrived, they took the brother, identified as 32-year-old Carlos Magana, into custody and located the father suffering from apparent stab wounds.
Medical personnel rendered aid, but the father was ultimately pronounced dead at the scene.
Price said the father and son had been arguing at some point in the morning, when things escalated and the brother grabbed a knife from the kitchen and began stabbing the father.
Authorities believe this is an isolated incident and there is no threat to the community.
People living in this neighborhood tell Channel 13, they were surprised this would happen so close to them.
"Well, shock at first, you know you think something like that would never happen," said six-year resident in the community Lex Fender.
"It's a little creepy, that's creepy, now the thought is in my head now, it was never in my head before now, when I walk, I don't know what to say anymore," said Lonnie Lasenbby, who walks Rexford Drive daily.
We will continue to share all the latest developments in this investigation with you.
