Yoni Barrios, the man accused of killing two people and injuring another six during a stabbing spree on the Las Vegas Strip, has agreed to plead guilty in exchange for the death penalty being dropped.

Yoni Barrios, an unauthorized immigrant whose unprovoked attack on eight people in 2022 drew attention from Donald J. Trump, will serve life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Yoni Barrios, 34, pleaded guilty in exchange for a sentence of life in prison without parole, taking the death penalty off the table.

Yoni Barrios, 34, was accused in a series of stabbings on the Las Vegas Strip in 2022 that left two people dead and six injured.

In October 2022, a stabbing rampage on the Las Vegas Strip killed two people and wounded six others. The suspect was identified as Yoni Christian Barrios. He was 32 at the time. Police say he used a large chef’s knife outside the Wynn Las Vegas resort.

A man charged with a deadly series of stabbings on the Las Vegas Strip in October 2022 has pleaded guilty but mentally ill to murder and terrorism charges