Two people were killed and several others injured in a reportedly unprovoked stabbing attack Thursday morning near the Wynn hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, authorities said.
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.
Eight victims were identified, and a suspect has been taken into custody, authorities said. 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, according to police.
“This was an isolated incident,” Las Vegas Metro Police Deputy Chief James LaRochelle said in a news release Thursday night. “All evidence indicates Barrios acted alone and there are no outstanding suspects at this time.”
The victims appeared to be a combination of tourists and locals, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said.
As of 2 p.m., two people were dead and three were in critical condition, Las Vegas Metro Police Capt. Dori Koren said during a news briefing in front of the Wynn casino.
A kitchen knife was recovered at the scene.
“The initial stabbing occurs on the sidewalk area [and] appears unprovoked,” LaRochelle said at a news conference. “There is no altercation beforehand.”
The suspect fled the scene southbound before heading east on Sands…
