Police have not identified a motive for the attack. Barrios was detained by Sands Hotel and Casino security guards and officers as he ran on a Strip sidewalk, police said.īarrios is believed to have thrown the knife used in the attack into bushes, according to police.

Police responded to 911 calls about the stabbings at about midday from near the Wynn casino and hotel. In the police interview, Barrios told officers he had gone from California to Las Vegas looking for a job as a chef.īarrios was arrested Thursday and booked on suspicion of two counts of open murder with a deadly weapon and six counts of attempted murder with a deadly weapon, police said early Friday. The friend told Barrios he could not stay there, so he boarded a bus to the strip Thursday morning, police said.

'He kept telling me, 'I just want an opportunity, I just want to start from scratch.''īarrios was interviewed Thursday at Metro Police Headquarters, where he told officers he had arrived in Las Vegas from California a few days before the attack and was staying with a friend, KNSV-TV reported.

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