In case you missed it, a maniac with a large knife stabbed eight people in Las Vegas this week, two of them fatally. Descriptions of the attack by witnesses didn’t suggest any sort of animus leading up to the killings and the entire encounter initially appeared to be random in nature. Yoni Barrios was quickly taken into custody and is currently being held without bail on two charges of murder and six charges of attempted murder. (One minor bright spot in this horrible story is that there are apparently still at least a few things left where suspects can be held without bail.) When more news about the suspect was released, another dark element to the story emerged. Barrios, a Guatemalan national, was in the country illegally. And for the icing on the cake, ICE confirmed that he already had a criminal record in California prior to his jaunt to Sin City. (NY Post)
Surprise: Vegas stabbing spree suspect in country illegally
