In the early morning hours of July 26, Metro Police received several 911 calls reporting a woman stabbed at F Street and Washington. Callers also reported a man down at D Street and Washington.
Patrol officers arrived and found a 30-year-old female with a stab wound to the leg and 26-year-old Eduardo Velasquez dead from a stab wound to the chest. The woman was transported to UMC Trauma with non-life threatening injuries to the leg.
Homicide detectives responded to the scene and determined both had been stabbed by the female’s ex-boyfriend, 47-year-old Ignacio “Ceasar” Mirando. Detectives located Mirando in a house on Vernon Ave. He was booked into the Clark County Detention Center for one count of murder with a deadly weapon and one count of attempt murder with a deadly weapon.
The female was treated at the hospital and released.