Mass Stabbing Outside of Vegas Casino Leaves 2 Dead, 8 Injured

Officers do not have a motive, Suspect in Custody

Las Vegas stabbing attack suspect Yoni Barrios, who police allege killed two people and wounded six others.(Las Vegas Police Department)

Two people have died and at least six others were injured on Thursday in what Las Vegas police called a series of unprovoked stabbings in the town’s popular tourism center, near hotels and casinos.

A person was detained at the Strip casino on Las Vegas Boulevard South, where the reported stabbing occurred, and a large kitchen knife was recovered.

Police at the scene investigating the stabbings/ Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Journal

Multiple law enforcement agencies responded.

Officers received a report of a stabbing with multiple victims in front of a casino in the 3100 block of South Las Vegas Boulevard around 11:42 a.m., the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a tweet.

Authorities said that eight victims were identified, and a suspect has been taken into custody.

The suspect, identified as Yoni Barrios, 32, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on suspicion of two counts of open murder with a deadly weapon and six counts of attempted murder with a deadly weapon.