“The security guard told Barrios to jump in front of a train,” detectives wrote in the arrest report.īarrios then went outside and met the women on the pedestrian bridge. He told police he went into Wynn Las Vegas asking a janitor about jobs. “Barrios stated that on the bus ride to the strip people were making fun of him and he wasn’t being treated like a human being,” officers wrote in the report. Barrios then packed his things and took a bus to the Strip. Native of Mexicoīarrios, who had an address in Los Angeles, told police he arrived in Las Vegas a couple of days earlier to move in with a friend, but the friend told him he could not stay at the house. Police said Barrios threw a 12-inch knife into bushes on the sidewalk while running but was detained by Las Vegas Sands Corp. A man who was stabbed told police that Barrios said “sorry man” before stabbing him in the back.
Two of the women, including one who was stabbed, ran into Wynn Las Vegas seeking help and waited for police there. Witnesses said Barrios then stabbed DiGiovanni before running down the Strip and stabbing several more people, according to the arrest report. One showgirl told police she was uncomfortable with his proposal and backed away, but the man charged at her and stabbed her in the back as she ran from him. Witnesses said he was wearing a chef’s long-sleeved white jacket and holding a large knife. The Clark County coroner’s office ruled on Friday that DiGiovanni died from a stab wound to the chest and that Hallett died from a stab wound to the back, according to county spokesman Dan Kulin.ĭiGiovanni was among four women posing as showgirls, and Barrios asked to take a photo with them, according to the arrest report released Friday by the Metropolitan Police Department. Hearing Master Daniel Westmeyer said Barrios will be held without bail until his next hearing on Tuesday.īarrios is accused of fatally stabbing Las Vegas residents Maris DiGiovanni, 30, and Brent Hallett, 47, on Thursday morning on the 3100 block of Las Vegas Boulevard South.
He said he did not know why Barrios had been placed in hand restraints, in addition to the wrist restraints typically used on inmates. “We’re still looking into why a person would do this,” he said after Friday’s hearing. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)Ĭlark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said officials had not found a motive for the attacks. Barrios will be charged with murder, the region's top prosecutor said Friday. Las Vegas Strip stabbing spree suspect Yoni Barrios makes his initial court appearance at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Friday, Oct.
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