Las Vegas Review-Journal

Search underway after man goes missing during swim

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A search is underway for a man who went missing while swimming Sunday morning in Lake Mead.

Two men were swimming from a boat about 10:45 a.m. near the Hoover Dam when they began to struggle. Volunteers were able to rescue one man, but the other was lost as he went underwater, a statement from the Lake Mead National Recreation Area said.

The National Park Service,

Hoover Dam Police, Metropolit­an

Police Department and the Nevada Department of Wildlife are involved in the search.

Noah Sherry, 19, was arrested Thursday on two counts of battery with a deadly weapon, jail records show. He was booked into Clark County Detention Center, where he remained Friday morning. His bail was set at $40,000.

Metropolit­an Police Department identified him in documents as a suspect in the stabbing, which police said appeared to have occurred in front of 433 N. 14th St., near East Bonanza Road and South Maryland Parkway.

Two men showed up with stab wounds at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center about 8:50 p.m. July 9, Metro Lt. David Gordon said.

A 20-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen, Gordon said, adding his injury was “substantia­l,” but survivable. A 25-year-old man was stabbed in the back and released from the hospital.

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