Las Vegas Police Handle Scary Situation after Cup Finals
The Las Vegas police department were able to handle a very dangerous situation. According to reports Las Vegas Metro police arrested a man who threatened a mass shooting at the Stanley Cup Final hours before Game 5.
Just before noon on Tuesday, police responded to a Las Vegas business for a report of a person, later identified as Matthew DeSavio, 33, who was threatening a mass shooting at the Stanley Cup Final.
The person who called police told officers that DeSavio had stalked them for about a decade, officers said. DeSavio later showed up to the business where officers arrested him, according to documents.
DeSavio posted threats on his Facebook page claiming
«to want to conduct a mass shooting at T-Mobile Arena,»
police said.
"I'm coming for you guys tonight and I hope you get every [expletive] police officer in Vegas Golden Knights there to defend you!»
one message said, according to police.
«Hope Sin City is ready for the Mandalay Bay massacre part duex [sic].»
One of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history happened in Las Vegas on October 1,2017 during the during the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Fifty-eight people were shot and killed, two people later died from injuries, bringing the death toll to 60.
In another post, DeSavio reportedly wrote,
«I warned y'all October 1st was just a preview,»
police said.
Police arrested DeSavio about five hours before Game 5 began.
As patrol officers were placing DeSavio into the patrol car, DeSavio declared several excited utterances asking
"if anyone had seen his Facebook posts yet and that the Knights need to win by a certain amount or he will do a repeat of the Mandalay Bay 1 October shooting,»
police said.
DeSavio was adjudicated for prior stalking and harassment cases, police said.
Thankfully everyone is safe and this dangerous individual is in police custody.
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