LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The man accused of committing a deadly random stabbing was identified Friday as 46-year-old Kenwon Montgomery, an ex-convict, who is now facing murder and assault charges, according to jail records.
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The stabbing happened on Thursday in the 800 block of Weaver Drive near Owens Avenue and H Street around 4:45 p.m. Police responded to the scene after numerous calls of a man armed with a knife chasing people.
According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan police, Montgomery, who was “acting erratically,” visited his mother’s home and began swinging a knife toward her before chasing his brother down the street with the knife.
Las Vegas police: Knife-wielding man kills passerby in street
Police said a passerby on the street caught Montgomery’s attention, and he began chasing that person, stabbing him several times. The man was taken to the hospital, where he died…