Man suspected of raping woman in Las Vegas is killed when gang intervenes

After a man in Las Vegas allegedly sexually assaulted a woman and was stabbed to death by a group of people who intervened to help the female victim, police are asking for the public’s help in locating several suspects.

As the Las Vegas police reported on Tuesday shortly after 3:30 p.m., the operations center received a report that a person had been stabbed near a residential area about seven miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip.

Arriving officers found a man with apparent stab wounds in a nearby alley, police wrote in a press release.

The man was taken to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead, according to police.

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“A woman’s screams come from the shed”

Officials said the attack appears to have taken place in the 1000 block of Laurel Avenue, and preliminary homicide investigations indicate the victim of the fatal stabbing may have sexually assaulted a woman in a nearby shed before the attack.