The Thursday morning attack came not long after the victim is believed to have called 911 to report a man outside the business carrying a sledgehammer.
Police in Las Vegas arrested a 36-year-old man for allegedly killing a woman with a sledgehammer at a laundromat Thursday morning — an attack that came not long after the victim is believed to have called 911 to report a man outside the business carrying one.
The suspect, identified by authorities as Clinton Taylor, was found a short time later covered in blood and holding a sledgehammer, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. He was arrested and booked on suspicion of murder in the Clark County Detention Center. The victim, who was found in front of the laundromat’s doorway, was not immediately identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.in the 1000 block of North Rancho Drive
about 10 minutes west of downtown Las Vegas. During the call, police said, screaming was heard and then the line disconnected. After officers arrived, aHomicide Lt. Ray Spencer said the victim apparently did not know the attacker. She was the only person in the laundromat, which opened at 4:30 a.m., at the time of the attack, he said.Sledgehammer killings, which are not common according to FBI statistics, are listed in the “blunt objects” category that includes hammers and clubs.
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