The man accused of a deadly stabbing on the Strip is a Guatemalan citizen who entered the United States without going through a border inspection point, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Audio released by the Metropolitan Police Department Wednesday captured the tragic moments eight people were stabbed on Las Vegas Boulevard.
Brent Hallett, 47, had been stabbed suddenly in the back. It was broad daylight, about twenty minutes before noon on a busy, sun-drenched Las Vegas Boulevard.
Yoni Barrios, 32, was arrested Thursday and appeared briefly in court Friday afternoon wearing orange hand restraints. He faces six counts of attempted murder and two counts of murder.
A house arrest escapee has been charged with the stabbing of a security officer on Las Vegas Boulevard, then repeatedly punching a police K-9 dog as he was arrested, according to police records.
Freddy Allen, 58, was arrested on suspicion of murder in the 9:39 p.m. attack on a pedestrian bridge at Las Vegas Boulevard South and Tropicana Avenue.
The stabbing was reported about 5 a.m. Thursday on a sidewalk near Las Vegas Boulevard and Mandalay Bay Road.
Kirklin Oates, 55, is a six-time felon from California who has been arrested five times in Las Vegas since July, police and court records show.
Las Vegas police said they arrested Chris Okoronkwo, 33, of Las Vegas, at the Cosmopolitan on suspicion of attempted murder, assault, and battery with a deadly weapon.
Las Vegas police are investigating a fight that led to one man being stabbed at the Cosmopolitan early Thursday.
A woman is accused of stabbing a man in the neck on the Las Vegas Strip during an overnight domestic dispute.
One person was hospitalized after a stabbing on Las Vegas Boulevard Wednesday evening.
A man is in critical condition after a reported stabbing Saturday night at The Venetian, Las Vegas police said. Detectives had not made any arrests, police added.
Las Vegas police are investigating the stabbings of two women early Thursday in central Las Vegas.