LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The man who killed two people and injured six more during a stabbing spree on the Las Vegas Strip agreed Thursday to serve life in prison.
During a hearing, Yoni Barrios, 34, took a plea deal where he will be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The agreement removes the possibility of the death penalty. A judge will sentence Barrios in March.
On Oct. 6, 2022, Barrios asked a group of showgirls to take a photo with a foot-long kitchen knife he was trying to sell before allegedly stabbing them, police said after his arrest. Video the 8 News Now Investigators obtained shows a man prosecutors identified as Barrios then randomly stabbing several other people before security and police subdue him.
Brent Hallett, 47; and Maris DiGiovanni, 30, both of Las Vegas, died in the attack.
In December, a Clark County grand jury voted to indict Barrios on charges including murder and terrorism, the 8 News Now Investigators first reported.
