Body camera footage shows deputy constable with machete stuck in uniform

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A Metro police deputy constable is recovering from a machete attack at an apartment on South Sandhill Road in Las Vegas.

Metro police say 63-year-old Deputy Constable Mark Ruesch was serving an eviction notice Tuesday morning when the subject of that notice, a 46-year-old suspect, barricaded himself inside his apartment.

FULL BRIEFING: LVMPD provides more details on machete attack on deputy constable

FULL BRIEFING: Body camera footage shows deputy constable stabbed with machete while serving eviction notice

A photo shared by LVMPD shows he had an 18-inch-long machete and a bag of large rocks inside the apartment…

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