Red Rock Resort Slasher Pleads Guilty to Las Vegas Attempted Murder Counts

Posted on: October 15, 2024, 04:29h. 

Last updated on: October 16, 2024, 10:11h.

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The man who stabbed two Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa employees, and tried to wound a gaming property guard, entered a guilty plea Tuesday in Las Vegas court.

Shayne Sussman
Shayne Sussman in a mug shot, pictured above. He pled guilty to attempted murder counts. (Image: LVMPD)

Shayne Sussman, 25, announced the plea to three attempted murder counts before District Judge Susan Johnson.

He pleaded under the Alford Doctrine, which means he acknowledged that the district attorney’s office had sufficient evidence for a conviction, though he still maintains his innocence.

When Sussman is sentenced on November 26, he faces up to 20 years in prison.

Two Employees Stabbed

As the August 3 incident unfolded, Sussman stabbed one casino worker in the back, lungs, collarbone, and neck, according to prosecutors. The second worker stabbed by Sussman was a supervisor.

The security guard narrowly escaped getting stabbed by Sussman, “missing him by mere inches,” prosecutors revealed.

Sussman then fled into the casino and sat down outside of a restaurant. When security guards approached him, he lunged at them and attempted to run away, police said.

A casino security guard intervened as Sussman threatened guards with the knife. The guard shot and wounded Sussman in the abdomen.

Sussman was rushed to University Medical Center (UMC) for immediate treatment. The two injured casino employees also were transported to UMC for emergency treatment. Each of the wounded persons survived.

Guests and others hid underneath tables as the violence took place in the casino, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Sussman Was Plastered

Before the stabbings, Sussman was drinking while at a concert in the casino.

In fact, he was “so plastered that he clearly loses control of his mind,” Thomas Ericsson, a Las Vegas-based criminal defense attorney representing Sussman said of his client.

“He will not be eligible for probation under our agreement,” Ericsson further told the judge during the court proceedings.

Sussman was initially charged with three charges of attempted murder with the use of a deadly weapon or tear gas, as well as four counts of battery with the use of a deadly weapon, and a single count of battery with the use of a deadly weapon, resulting in substantial bodily harm, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD).

Several of the charges were dropped before Sussman entered the guilty plea under the Alford Doctrine.