Woman jailed in Las Vegas attack that left 1 dead, injured another

A pistillate is facing counts of execution and attempted execution successful an “unprovoked” attack connected 2 people successful cardinal Las Vegas, the Metropolitan Police Department said Wednesday.

Vanessa Rena Harvey, 47, was being held without bail astatine the Clark County Detention Center, wherever she was booked soon aft the Monday nighttime crimes, Las Vegas Justice Court logs show.

The onslaught was reported astatine astir 9:45 p.m. Monday successful the 600 artifact of Owens Avenue, adjacent Interstate 15.

Police said the victims were violently attacked with a “blunt object” portion they were walking together.

Machika Goodjoint, 42, died astatine the scene, portion a antheral was rushed to University Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, constabulary said.

The Clark County coroner’s office, which identified Goodjoint, had not determined the woman’s origin and mode of death.

Harvey was arrested successful the area, according to police, who did not elaborate connected the allegations oregon however they identified her arsenic a suspect.

Anyone with accusation whitethorn interaction Metro astatine 702-828-3521 oregon homicide@lvmpd.com. To stay anonymous, interaction Crime Stoppers astatine 702-385-5555 oregon online astatine crimestoppesrofnv.com.

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