LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers responding to a reported stabbing used a patrol vehicle to strike an armed man in the southwest valley on Tuesday.
Two people are dead as a result of the events that began in the 8800 block of Canyon Rim Way at approximately 10:48 a.m.
Officers were called to the area on a report that a woman was being stabbed, said Capt. Joshua Martinez with LVMPD's Office of Oversight and Constitutional Policing.
"Officers arrived and located a female victim suffering from apparent stab wounds and learned that a fire was set inside an apartment" in that area, Metro officials stated in a news release.
Additional officers arrived and located a male, armed with a knife, who was "obstructing vehicles and approaching them while armed" near Desert Inn Road and El Capitan Way, Martinez said.
"Officers used a patrol vehicle to strike the suspect," he said.
Asked how those events unfolded, Martinez said, "...they used their vehicle to strike the individual, which was able to get him down to the ground and they were able to take him into custody."
The male, who was not publicly identified as of this report, was pronounced deceased on scene by medical personnel.
The woman who'd been stabbed was also pronounced dead at an area hospital where she'd been taken for treatment.
Martinez wasn't immediately able to confirm the ages of the man and woman or provide details of their relationship.
Thursday, police identified the officer involved as 49-year-old Officer James Burt. Officials said he's been employed since 2006 and is assigned to the West Community Policing Division, Summerlin Area Command.
Burt has been placed on routine administrative leave pending the outcome of a review of the incident, according to police.
