The Latest: Police: Man sought in stabbings tried to buy gun
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The Latest on stabbing attacks that police say left one person is dead and at least one person injured east of downtown Las Vegas (all times local):
3:15 p.m.
Police in Las Vegas say a man sought in three apparently random knife attacks that killed one person and badly injured another east of downtown tried to buy a shotgun in the minutes between two attacks.
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Officer Michael Rodriguez says 32-year-old Richi Briones is sought for questioning in the Wednesday morning stabbings at two convenience stores and in an alley.
Rodriguez says Briones is believed to have attacked a man who escaped injury at a convenience store about 9:30 a.m., before being denied an attempt to buy the gun at a nearby sporting goods store.
Another person was attacked and left badly wounded about 10:15 a.m. behind a sushi restaurant, and a man was fatally injured in an attack at a second store a little before 11 a.m.
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Police released a photo of Briones and say he was seen driving a tan Toyota minivan with extensive dents and damage.
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2:10 p.m.
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Las Vegas police are identifying a 32-year-old man sought for questioning in two stabbings at a store and outside a restaurant east of downtown.
Police on Wednesday released a recent jail booking photo of Richi Briones and said he should be considered armed and dangerous.
They say Briones was seen driving a tan Toyota minivan with what was described as extensive damage near Lamb Boulevard and Bonanza Road.
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Police say there have been three stabbings in the same general area, and that Briones is sought in two.
Police say one attack was about 9:30 a.m. at a convenience store, another was about 10:15 a.m. near a restaurant, and a man was fatally injured in an attack at a convenience store a little before 11 a.m.
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1:10 p.m.
Police in Las Vegas say one person is dead, at least one person is injured and an assailant is being sought after what officials think were related stabbings at a store and outside a restaurant east of downtown.
Officer Michael Rodriguez said Wednesday the same assailant may be responsible for a third incident about 9:30 a.m. at a convenience store in the same area.
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Officer Laura Meltzer says police are investigating links between the attacks.
She says one person was attacked near a restaurant about 10:15 a.m., and a man was fatally injured in an attack at a convenience store a little before 11 a.m.
Police say the assailant may be a man in his 30's wearing a black hat and gray shirt who was seen driving a tan Toyota minivan.