Thursday, July 28, 2011 | 3:56 p.m.
The young man killed after an altercation Tuesday night on Boulder Highway has been identified by Metro Police as 16-year-old Trevion Alexander.
He died after being stabbed during a fight, police said.
Charles Bernard Smith, 19, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center without bail on counts of murder with a deadly weapon and probation violation, police said.
Smith has a court hearing scheduled for later this week.
According to Metro Police, the fight took place on the 5500 block of Boulder Highway about 10:15 p.m. Upon arriving on scene, police found Alexander suffering from a stab wound.
He was taken to Sunrise Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Police said the stabbing took place after an altercation between two groups of people became physical.
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