LAS VEGAS -- Police are investigating the stabbing death of a woman in an apartment complex near Tropicana Ave. and Lindell Road.

At around midnight on Tuesday, a roommate discovered the woman's body when entering the apartment and called 911. 

Police say that the boyfriend of the victim, a cab driver, fled the scene in his taxi. He drove to the area of US-95 and College Drive in Henderson where he pulled over and stepped into traffic. He was struck by a car and taken to Sunrise Hospital where he later died.

Police are investigating the case as a murder-suicide.

LAS VEGAS -- More than half of the student body at Thiriot Elementary School is bi-lingual and learning to speak English. There are more than 30 foreign languages represented among the students.

Thiriot, which is near Tropicana and Jones, is a Title 1 school which means it qualifies for extra funding. That funding is used to provide classroom technology that helps the students communicate. Dawn Giles job is to help the teachers learn the best methods for teaching kids whose primary language is not English. 

"The teachers have wonderful skills. Just reminding them to focus on academic vocabulary, to make sure the kids have plenty of practice with language in the classroom, get a chance to speak with other kids in pairs and groups and to go over what they have learned and process it in both languages, "said Giles, ELS specialist. 

LAS VEGAS  -- Authorities in Las Vegas have arrested a convicted felon and sex offender suspected of pistol-whipping a guard and leaving a false explosive in a Walmart.

Federal and local authorities say 44-year-old Eric Thomas Friedlander was arrested Wednesday and booked into jail, three days after the incident that caused the store to be evacuated for about two hours.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed Thursday that agents had served a search warrant at an apartment in west Las Vegas and found a gun and clothing connecting Friedlander with the incident.

Authorities say Friedlander hit the guard after unsuccessfully trying to cash a check at the store, then dropped a bag with the false grenade and fled. The guard wasn't hurt. The incident happened a week after a disgruntled Walmart employee in Reno shot and wounded three managers before surrendering.