'Just want an opportunity': Yoni Barrios begged for work in LA 2 days before Las Vegas stabbing spree
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: Suspect Yoni Barrios arrested for a mass stabbing at the Las Vegas Strip that left two people dead and six injured was soliciting employment from strangers two days before the stabbing rampage. In a video the 32-year-old approached a photographer Jorge Lopez outside Los Angeles City Hall and begged for help, saying he had lost his home and everything he had.
The photographer Lopez, who was in downtown, Los Angeles on assignment at the time for broadcaster Telemundo 52 said, "He kept telling me, 'I just want an opportunity, I just want to start from scratch."' "It kind of hit me because he reminded me of my son. My son passed at 38 years old, and he had issues similar to his, so I kind of wanted to help him," he told NBC Los Angeles. Yoni Barrios, 32, has now been booked on two counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder after he frantically stabbed eight people, several showgirls outside a casino with a 12-inch kitchen knife.