A Las Vegas elementary school teacher has been identified as one of two people stabbed to death by a madman armed a kitchen knife – who injured six others, including three showgirls, during a rampage on the city’s famous strip, Your Content has learned.
Multiple people were attacked in a mass stabbing on the Las Vegas strip at 11.45am on Thursday.
Eight people were stabbed; two were killed and three are in a critical condition in hospital.
Yoni Barrios, 32, has been charged with murder.
The two people killed have been identified as Brent Hallett, 47, and Maris Digiovanni, 30.
The suspect was arrested ‘very quickly’, said Vegas Police Captain Dori Koren.
The attack prompted safety fears among Las Vegas street performers,‘according to USA News.
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