Las Vegas man, acting ‘very strangely,’ stabs grandfather to death, police say

A man is accused of stabbing his grandfather to death on Monday, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Jourdan Nepo, 28, was arrested and booked into the Clark County Detention Center for open murder with a deadly weapon, Metro said in a news release Tuesday.

A woman told police she woke up to her grandson, who police said is in his 20s, acting “very strangely” inside her bedroom. She then followed him downstairs, where he is suspected to have pulled out a knife and stabbed his grandfather, who was lying on the couch, Homicide Lt. Robert Price said Monday night.

Police responded to a 6:30 p.m. call from a man who said his nephew had stabbed his father at a home in the 10700 block of Wildhurst Street. Officers who responded saw the garage door open and the suspect inside. Officers took the suspect in for testing, Price said.

Inside the house, they found an elderly man lying on the floor, Price said. They rendered medical aid until he was transferred to University Medical Center and pronounced dead.

The woman screamed after the stabbing, which she told police was unprovoked. The suspect then dropped the knife and fled to the garage, Price said.

Two children were upstairs and did not see the scene, Price said.

Nepo is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday afternoon.

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