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Suspect faces judge in off-duty Edmonds officer’s killing

Published 10:38 am Monday, April 4, 2022

This Clark County Detention Center booking photo shows Freddy Allen, 58, following his arrest late Saturday, March 26, 2022, on an open murder charge in the fatal stabbing of Tyler Steffins, 33, an off-duty police officer and U.S. Marine veteran from Edmonds, Wash. A judge in Las Vegas wants Allen brought to court next Monday “by any means necessary” to face a murder charge in the fatal stabbing of the off-duty Seattle-area police officer. Court officials said Wednesday, March 30, that Allen refused to be brought to court from the Clark County jail. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)
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This Clark County Detention Center booking photo shows Freddy Allen, 58, following his arrest late Saturday, March 26, 2022, on an open murder charge in the fatal stabbing of Tyler Steffins, 33, an off-duty police officer and U.S. Marine veteran from Edmonds, Wash. A judge in Las Vegas wants Allen brought to court next Monday “by any means necessary” to face a murder charge in the fatal stabbing of the off-duty Seattle-area police officer. Court officials said Wednesday, March 30, that Allen refused to be brought to court from the Clark County jail. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)
Freddy Allen. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)

Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — A 58-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing an Edmonds police officer on the Las Vegas Strip made an initial appearance Monday before a judge who scheduled his next court date next month.

Freddy Allen spoke in court only to acknowledge that he faces a murder charge. He was not asked to enter a plea before he was returned to jail, where he is being held without bail.

Justice of the Peace Harmony Letizia had ordered Allen brought to court on Monday “by any means necessary” after Allen twice refused last week to attend court.

Allen’s appointed public defender, Melissa Oliver, declined to comment after Monday’s court hearing.

Allen is accused of killing Tyler Steffins, 33, an Edmonds police officer who was visiting Las Vegas, following an argument March 26 about Steffins petting another man’s dogs on a pedestrian bridge over Las Vegas Boulevard.

Las Vegas police said Steffins was not armed and officers who chased Allen saw him toss a hunting knife into a fountain, where it was retrieved following his arrest.

Records show that Allen had been released from jail in February after serving a 90-day sentence on a misdemeanor battery conviction following his arrest last November in an attack on a man on the Strip.

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