Metro police are working hard to reverse course on a deadly statistic. As the end of the year nears, the number of fatalities on valley roads is higher than the same time last year.

A Metro Police officer shot and killed a resident who was involved in an altercation with a knife early this morning in a southeast Las Vegas Valley neighborhood, officials said.

An officer with the Metropolitan Police Department shot and killed a man early Tuesday in the southeast Las Vegas Valley.

A Las Vegas Metropolitan police officer shot and killed a man armed with a knife during a domestic dispute in southeast Las Vegas, and the officer's name will be released within 48 hours.