Showgirls Stabbed on Las Vegas Strip Outside Encore

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Multiple Las Vegas showgirls were injured in a mass stabbing along the Las Vegas Strip outside Encore in Nevada, according to an ABC 13 reporter.

https://heavy.com/news/showgirls-stabbed-on-las-vegas-strip-outside-encore/

Las Vegas police Capt. Dori Koren said in an October 6, 2022, news briefing that there are eight total victims with two people deceased and three in critical condition. The other victims appear stable, he said. A kitchen knife was found at the scene. The suspect is in custody. Encore at Wynn Las Vegas is a resort/casino.

Koren would not confirm that the victims were showgirls or street performers. Those reports came from local journalists who spoke to witnesses at the scene, and it’s not clear how many of the victims were showgirls.

KTNV-TV reported that the suspect was arrested in front of Venetian and had “blood on his sleeves.” That station reported, per a witness, that one victim “appeared to have been stabbed in the Fashion Mall and was ‘laying on the ground near the shops.'” Multiple 911 calls came in regarding a series of stabbings.

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[SoCalDavidS]

1. Poor Reporting As Per Usual

There's no way those were "Showgirls." They're Street Performers dressed up as Showgirls, that charge people to take pictures with them.

[Andy Canuck]

2. Who cares

whether they’re “real” showgirls. These poor women, trying to make a living, got stabbed by some maniac in a place that is supposed to be safe. Tragic.

[SoCalDavidS]

3. No Place Is Safe In America These Days

The biggest surprise is that he wasn't using a gun.