LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – The family of a man killed by the Las Vegas Metro Police Department for reportedly swinging a bat at officers said he was going through a mental health crisis.
Police shoot, kill man at southeast Las Vegas apartment complex
The shooting happened Friday at an apartment complex along Rawhide Street near Nellis Boulevard and Russell Road.
Family members identified the man shot as 42-year-old Kyle Williams.
“We came here to find peace. I hope he found peace, I hope he found peace,” Jefferey Williams said in tears of his husband Kyle.
The couple moved to Las Vegas two years ago from Maricopa County, Arizona in search of a better life. Kyle was a member of the Navajo and Cherokee nations.
“He was a good man. He was the best man I’ve ever known, the kindest man,” Jefferey said.
Jefferey is struggling to process the death of his husband of 6 years.
“He thought everybody was out to get him. He thought that basically that I was an orchestrator of everything that was happening to him,” Jefferey said.