Stabbing On The Strip In Las Vegas
According to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department arrest report, the suspect who is accused of stabbing eight people on the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, killing two of them, approached a group of showgirl impersonators, pretended to be a chef, and requested that they take a picture with him holding a knife.
The report stated that Yoni Barrios had traveled from California to Las Vegas around two days earlier with the goal of relocating with a friend. According to the report, the friend apparently informed him he could not remain at the residence when he arrived in Las Vegas.
The report claims that Barrios prepared his bags and took a bus to the Las Vegas Strip, where he arrived at 8 a.m. on Thursday. Barrios reportedly told officials that he “wasn’t treated like a human being” during the bus ride to the Strip because other passengers were making fun of him.
According to the complaint, Barrios first walked to the mall and sought “chauffeurs” for a trip to California before asking a janitor about job prospects at the Wynn. According to the investigation, Barrios requested that the janitor make contact with ICE on his behalf so that he may go back to Guatemala.
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Las Vegas Strip Stabbing Victims
Some of the victims appeared to be showgirls or street performers who pose for photos with tourists on the Strip, according to eyewitness accounts given to Las Vegas TV stations. The attacker struck at various spots.
Authorities say a man in the US who was armed with a large kitchen knife went on a stabbing spree on the Las Vegas Strip before being arrested on Thursday, resulting in at least two people dead and six more injured. According to the police, three of the injured were taken to the hospital in serious condition while the other three were in stable condition.
The suspect, who is not local, is a man in his early 30s, according to the report. Calls to 911 on the north end of the Strip apparently began to come in on Thursday around 11:40 a.m.
The suspect allegedly claimed to be a chef and said he wanted to use his knife to take pictures with some of the showgirls. The woman said, “But when the group rejected the man’s offer, he started stabbing people.”
Police said the individual would be booked into the Clark County Detention Center, though they have not yet verified his name.
One or more of the victims seemed to be showgirls or street dancers who pose for photos with tourists on the Strip, according to eyewitness reports to Las Vegas TV stations.
Las Vegas Stabbing On Strip News
Authorities said, Two people were killed and six others were injured in stabbings along the Las Vegas Strip by an attacker using a huge kitchen knife. Then he was captured on Thursday.
According to Las Vegas police, who said they started receiving 911 reports about the stabbings about 11:40 a.m. across the street from the Wynn casino and hotel, three people were hospitalized in critical condition and another three were in stable condition.
According to a statement from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Yoni Barrios, 32, was arrested and booked into the Clark County Detention Center on two counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder.
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