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Jagajeet Chiba
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Police responded to multiple calls of stabbings near the 3100 block of Las Vegas Boulevard on the Las Vegas Strip near the Encore Hotel at about 11:40 am local time (2:40 pm ET). At lest two are dead and six injured. A total of eight people were stabbed.
Las Vegas police Capt. Dori Koren said that police were able to apprehend a suspect "very quickly" and render aid to victims.
Three of those injured are in critical condition.
"The weapon we recovered was a large kitchen knife," Koren said.
Some of the victims were showgirls taking pictures with tourists, bystanders told Fox 5.
A motive has yet to be determined. This story is developing...
- Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com
