Caesars Palace hostage-taker named as fugitive Matthew Mannix

The suspect in Tuesday’s standoff at Caesars Palace has been identified as 35-year-old fugitive Matthew Mannix, according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

A probable cause affidavit obtained by The Independent revealed that Mr Mannix was experiencing “drug-induced” schizophrenia when he allegedly held a woman hostage inside a room at the famed hotel.

The woman told law enforcement that she was afraid to leave the room because Mr Mannix had a knife and at some point thought he would throw her out of the broken window. Mr Mannix has been charged with kidnapping in the first degree, coercion with force, destroying property, resisting arrest without a firearm and disregard for the safety of a person.

Mr Mannix allegedly spent the morning then throwing large objects out of the window of his hotel room, sending guests on the pool deck running for cover.

Bystander video showed broken glass and debris littering various decks at the Caesars.

An investigator noted in the incident report that the pool deck was littered with furniture and glass and the property damage inside the room was “some of the most severe I have seen in my 18 years as a detective.”

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