Police describe a brutal week in Las Vegas, 2 shootings involving officers

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — After a violent week in the Las Vegas Valley, police released details about two officer-involved shootings that occurred Friday afternoon.

On Tuesday morning, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to reports of an intruder with a knife at a home on the 2000 block of Valley Drive near Rancho Drive in downtown Las Vegas.

The incident occurred just after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, when 911 dispatchers received a report of a man, later identified as Matthew Tindall, who had broken into a home and attempted to stab residents. The caller told dispatchers, “He’s going to kill us.”

According to police, Tindall went into the backyard of the house before moving into a neighboring house and trying to stab another victim. When officers confronted him, he dropped the eight-inch kitchen knife he was armed with. When Tindall bent down to pick it up, officers fired five shots at him.

Tindall was taken into custody where paramedics treated his injuries.

Police said one of the victims in the incident suffered superficial stab wounds and added that she was fine.

The second LVMPD officer-involved shooting this week occurred Wednesday in the 6400 block of Boulder Highway near Russell Road in East Las Vegas.

It was there, just after 4:30 a.m., that the police received information about a person with a knife. When officers arrived, they found a man, later identified as Robert Kunhart, walking in the parking lot with a folding knife and a box cutter. Police described his behavior as “agitated.”

Police said responding officers tried to restrain Kunhart and detain him before Kunhart turned to the officer and approached him. The officer fired shots with “less lethal” weapons, but investigators said Kunhart was “unfazed.”

Body camera footage shows Kunhart telling officers, “Shoot me.” Officers fired their weapons. Kunhart was taken to a hospital, where he was listed in “stable” condition.

The two shootings are the sixth and seventh involving Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers in 2024.