Officer who shot, killed man with gun identified

Las Vegas police have identified the officer who shot and killed a man at a south valley convenience store Saturday.

The Metropolitan Police Department as 33-year-old David Nesheiwat. He has been with the department since July 2006.

Nesheiwat was placed on paid administrative leave after he fired four shots at a man who was holding a woman and pointing a gun at her. The woman also was shot, and police said it was unclear whether the man fired his weapon.

Nesheiwat’s name appeared in the news in 2010 when he returned to work after he was injured and his partner was killed in a car crash the year before.

Saturday’s shooting was the 21st by Metro this year. The department investigated 10 police shootings last year. 4127 W. Charleston Blvd., when one man suddenly stabbed the other several times with a pair of scissors, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. David Gordon said.

The stabber fled and ran into the eastbound lanes of Charleston where he was hit by a vehicle, Gordon said. That vehicle drove away from the scene, he said.

Both men were hospitalized and are expected to survive, Gordon said. Police are searching for the hit-and-run vehicle that struck the attacker.