Woman accused of bringing ax to Las Vegas school, making threats to kill people
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Joe Nelson, KVVU
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (FOX5) — A woman holding a pick ax, and screaming she was going to murder everyone, climbed a chain link fence at a North Las Vegas elementary school Tuesday.
It happened at Williams Elementary on the 3000 block of East Tonopah Avenue in North Las Vegas at around noon, NLVPD public information officer Eric Leavitt said. There were about 200 kids on the playground at the time, according to North Las Vegas Police.
“It was so scary,” fourth grader Gael Duarte said. “I heard a lady screaming ‘I’m going to kill you.’ I saw a lady screaming at all of us with an ax beside her.”
Officers arrested 33-year-old Kisstal Killough in connection with the situation. According to police, responding officers arrived within a minute of the initial call. Killough jumped off the fence, dropped the pick ax, and surrendered peacefully, according to police.
“I was having tears in my eyes,” fourth-grader Naomi Ramirez said. “I was shaking. My friends tried to calm me down but I couldn’t do it.”
Leavitt said she was either mentally impaired or was under the influence of drugs.
The principal of Williams Elementary sent the following letter to families:
This article was originally published by fellow CNN affiliate KVVU. It is used here with permission.