Update: Mass Murderer On Las Vegas Strip Kills One Showgirl, Critically Injures Several More
From L.A. and San Francisco to NYC and virtually anywhere in Florida, it’s not safe to be in public in any major American city, and Las Vegas is the latest location for a mass casualty event. Earlier this week, a deranged 32-year-old man stabbed two people to death on Las Vegas Boulevard in broad daylight, and he seriously injured six others as he stabbed them all with a giant butcher’s knife. One of the people killed was a showgirl, and after he murdered her, he stabbed another showgirl in the back, puncturing her lung. Via NYPost, with video below:
The Las Vegas showgirl killed by a knife-wielding maniac was stabbed in the heart and died in her friend’s arms as she tried to give first aid, their boss told The Post.
Maris Digiovanni was one of two killed and six wounded in the broad-daylight attack on the famed Vegas Strip by a crazed man wielding a kitchen knife.
The alleged stabber, Yoni Barrios, first asked a group of women dressed as showgirls to take a picture of him with a knife. When they declined, he began his stabbing frenzy.
Barrios seemed “coiffured” and was “smiling and friendly” just seconds before the attack, said Cheryl Lowthorp, who runs Best Showgirls in Vegas, which employs the women.
Lowthorp, who was not with the girls at the time, said one of the showgirls was able to run away, but another — identified only as Anna – went to give Maris first aid.
“She already knew Maris was gone because she passed away in her arms,” Lowthorp added.
As she was rendering first aid, Barrios stabbed Anna in the back, puncturing her lung.
[NYPost]
The suspect was captured, and he’s now being held without bond after being charged with two counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder. A GoFundMe has been set up to help the showgirls who’ve been injured.
