She seemed to be stabbed in the back, but she didn’t notice because she was helping the other showgirl.” “There was another showgirl on top of her, trying to help her friend. “There was one showgirl on the ground,” Pierre Fandrich said in French. KLASĪ tourist from Montreal, Canada, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he saw “a lot of blood on the ground.” Las Vegas police are investigating the stabbing of at least eight people on the Las Vegas Strip on Oct. The suspect told a woman he was a chef and wanted to take a picture with some of the showgirls with his knife, but instead began his deadly attack when the group declined his request, the woman told KTNV. “This is clearly a tragic and hard-to-understand - hard-to-comprehend - murder investigation that deeply impacts our community,” LaRochelle said. Authorities don’t believe he was a local resident. The alleged perp gave police his identity, LaRochelle said, but officers are working to confirm that information. local time on South Las Vegas Boulevard, near the Wynn Las Vegas and the Resorts World Casino, both major resorts in the city.įirefighters placed one of the showgirls that were stabbed on a stretcher. The older brother of Maris Digiovanni broke the news of his sister’s death to family and friends on Facebook.Įarlier, Lombardo said a kitchen knife was recovered at the scene. Three of the six surviving victims were in critical condition, police said. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via Getty Images The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has charged Yoni Barrios with stabbing eight people near the Wynn Resort and Casino. Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said the victims were tourists and locals. Those killed were identified as Las Vegas residents Brent Allan Hallett, 47, and Maris Mareen Digiovanni, 30, according to the Las Vegas Sun, citing the Clark County Coroner’s Office. The motive for the crazed attack is unknown. Las Vegas police charged Yoni Barrios, 32, with two counts of open murder with a deadly weapon and six counts of attempted murder.

A suspect is in custody after a violent stabbing attack left two people dead and at least six others injured on the Las Vegas Strip Thursday morning, police said.

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