Arrest made in stabbing of man at Lake Mead

A suspect is in custody in connection with a stabbing this month at Lake Mead, according to the National Park Service.

The stabbing was reported at 5:46 a.m. Sept. 7 in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, near Stewarts Point and Blue Point Bay, park officials said in a news release.

The victim was taken to an unspecified hospital by Mercy Air with critical injuries, but he was subsequently released from the hospital, park officials said. The male suspect ran away but was arrested in Grand Junction, Colorado, on Sept. 19 on unrelated charges, National Park Service spokeswoman Christie Vanover said.

Federal charges are pending against the man, who was not identified, park officials said.

Two other persons of interest also were in custody.

The stabbing is being investigated by the park service.

Saturday’s high will rise to 99, with a morning low near 75. Sunday’s high will dip to 98, and Monday and Tuesday should see highs of 97.

Winds will pick up Sunday evening and could gust up to 20 mph, the weather service said, but they will probably die down before Monday morning. were dropped after they told Las Vegas police that a deadly shooting last month in the west valley was in selfdefense.

Jaylon Carter and Bennie Sampson had been charged with murder in the death of Marquaire Ravon Collins, 20, who was shot about 2 a.m. Aug. 29 in the 1000 block of Redlands Circle, near Washington Avenue and Tenaya Way.

But charges were dropped after they received legal representation and gave a statement saying that the shooting was in self-defense, said Carter’s attorney, Robert Langford.

Carter and Sampson met Collins for a drug deal that ended in an exchange of gunfire between Collins and one or both of Sampson and Carter, Metropolitan Police Department homicide Lt. Ray Spencer said. It wasn’t clear who fired first, but Spencer said it appeared the shooting was the result of an attempted robbery during the deal.

“After interviewing both of them, the evidence at the scene did support that,” Spencer said.

Metro contacted the district attorney’s office to discuss the selfdefense aspect of the case after speaking with Sampson and Carter.

Prosecutors couldn’t disprove selfdefense beyond a reasonable doubt, Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc Digiacomo said in a statement.

“We had an obligation not to proceed on the charges unless additional evidence is uncovered,” he said.

Their charges were formally dismissed Sept. 6, court records show.

Metro detectives determined that Collins, who was found with bullet