Officers arrived at a house around 9 p.m. in response to a domestic dispute call and heard a woman screaming. They found a man attacking a woman with a knife. Officer Douglas King shot and killed him through a screen door. Police dispatch received a 911 call from a psychiatrist stating, from second-hand information received from the man's spouse, that one of his clients was getting aggressive and was a danger to the client's spouse.
Killer: Douglas King
Agency: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Motive: domestic disturbance
Confrontation Type: Violent Crime/Domestic Disturbance
Service Call: Yes
Body Camera: No
Official Disposition: Pending investigation
Victim Name: Seth Holliday
Death Date: September 6, 2020
County: Clark
Geography: Suburban
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Race: White
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: Yes
Armed: Allegedly Armed
Weapon: knife
Threat Level: attack
Fleeing: Not fleeing
Washington Post Database ID: 6142