Suspect stabs two to death during knife rampage on the Las Vegas Strip

Four Las Vegas showgirls were among eight people stabbed during a horrific knife rampage outside a casino that left two people dead.

Two people were killed while three others were in critical condition at a nearby hospital. 

The horror unfolded around 11.40am local time.

The entertainers were said to have been outside the Wynn greeting tourists when the crazed knifeman launched the vicious attack.  

The suspect reportedly had a kitchen knife and told the showgirls he was a chef that wanted to take a photo with them.

The suspect was described as a Hispanic male in his 30s.He is not a resident of Las Vegas. Officials said that they have not confirmed his identity. 

When the showgirls refused, the stabbings started, recounted a woman who said four of the injured showgirls worked for her. 

A total of eight were hurt, according to Captain Dori Koren of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police.The remaining three are in stable condition.

The suspect was arrested ‘very quickly,’ said Koren.

Tourists are among the victims, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo later told the media. 

During that press conference, Metropolitan Police Department Deputy Chief James LaRochelle said that the suspect started stabbing without provocation. 

He said that authorities are in possession of a video showing the suspect leaving the scene and running down Las Vegas Boulevard heading towards Sands Boulevard. 

The man was held by Sands security guards until the police arrived.  

Horrific videos and pictures shows what appears to be one of the showgirls in a pool of blood outside the resort.

LaRochelle told the media: ‘As you can imagine we have scores of witnesses to continue to get statements from and 우리카지노계열 we have a number of video surveillance we have to get through in the immediate future.’ 

Describing a short video showed at the press conference, LaRochelle said that the suspect stabbed the showgirls and then headed south and stabbed an additional victim.

He was pursued by witnesses prior to his arrest.  

Cops swooped on the Venetian resort and the crazed knifeman was arrested with blood coated all over his sleeves. 

Medics were seen desperately working on her in front of horrified onlookers while other images showed a woman being whisked away on a stretcher.

At least one of the victims was transported to University Medical Center, where loved ones were seen going in in tears.

LaRochelle said in the press conference: ‘We wanted to extend our heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and to the victims themselves.’

He added: ‘This is clearly a very tragic and hard to understand, hard to comprehend murder investigation that deeply impacts our community.’ 

‘A man just started stabbing and slashing.’ Maxime Wallace, a tourist from Montreal, said ‘everything happened so fast it was hard to see.’

Pierre Fandrich told 13 Action News he thought he heard showgirls laughing, but they were in fact screaming.When he saw the blood he assumed one of them had fallen from a nearby bridge. 

In a separate interview with Fandrich said through a translator: ‘There was one showgirl on the ground.’

He continued: ‘There was another showgirl on top of her, trying to help her friend.She seemed to be stabbed in the back, but she didn’t notice because she was helping the other showgirl.’ 

Earlier, pictures showed that there were ten officers outside of Wynn casino, 우리카지노 potentially looking for a weapon.

The incident allegedly occurred between Wynn and the Resorts World Casino, two major tourist attractions in the city.DailyMail.com has reached out to Steve Wynn for comment on the tragedy. 

Multiple casinos in the area reportedly shut down their entrances in the wake of the attack. Officials were quick to alert the public about the incident but assured them there was no ongoing threat. 

Hotels in the area remained open but many tourists struggled to navigate the vicinity surrounding the strip due to