News networks across the US are reacting to the senseless slaying of a man inside a Washington casino in front of stunned patrons.

The suspected murderer slashed a 29-year-old man in the neck with a knife inside Muckleshoot Casino. Area police for the casino’s jurisdictional city Auburn took to X with news of the homicide and a link to a press release:

The Auburn Police Department stated officers arrived 1.30am on Sunday at Muckleshoot Casino, where the victim was pronounced dead at the scene despite “life-saving measures.” The APD ascertained that the unnamed suspect, 31, came up behind the victim standing at a table and knifed him in the neck.

no prior relationship or contact

Investigations revealed the murderer and deceased had no prior relationship or contact, and that the stabbing was completely random.

The APD took the suspect into custody without incident and locked him up in King County Jail.