Posted on: October 15, 2024, 04:29h.
Last updated on: October 15, 2024, 04:29h.
The man who allegedly 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, 25, announced the plea to three attempted murder counts before District Judge Susan Johnson.
He pled under the Alford Doctrine. That type of plea means Sussman acknowledged that the district attorney’s office had sufficient evidence for a conviction, but 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 a lot of alcohol while at a concert in the casino.
In fact, Sussman was “so plastered that he clearly loses control of his mind,” Thomas Ericsson, a Las Vegas-based criminal defense attorney who represents Sussman, has stated.
“He will not be eligible for probation under our agreement,” Ericsson further told the judge during the court proceedings.
Initially, Sussman was charged with three attempted murder with the use of a deadly weapon or tear gas charges, 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.
