One person has died and at least six victims have been found following a report of a stabbing in front of the Wynn Casino in Las Vegas on Thursday, police say.
Two people have died and six others were wounded during a stabbing rampagePolice began receiving reports of a"series of stabbings" on Las Vegas Boulevard about 11:40 a.m., Las Vegas police Capt. Dori Koren said during an afternoon press conference.
While on scene, police quickly took a suspect into custody and began providing medical aid to victims, Koren said. Two of the eight victims died. Three of the surviving victims were in critical condition, Koren said. "The weapon we recovered was a large kitchen knife," he said. It was too early in the investigation to determine a motive, Koren said.
"The scene is under control," he said."The suspect is in custody and everything appears safe for now."a news alert which said the report of the stabbing, shortly before noon, occurred “in front of a casino in the 3100 block of South Las Vegas Boulevard.”