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A Las Vegas man appeared to laugh off his October 2022 arrest for promising a “Mandalay Bay massacre part duex (sic)” hours before being recaptured this week for allegedly doubling down on those threats.
Matthew DeSavio, 33, is accused of threatening to repeat the nation’s worst mass shooting at the Stanley Cup Final before the Vegas Golden Knights clinched the NHL title, police sources told 8 News Now.
Police handcuffed DeSavio near an unnamed business in Las Vegas shortly before noon Tuesday, according to the local news report, which said a tipster had told officers that DeSavio had been pursuing the tipster for about a decade.
“I’m coming for you guys tonight and I hope you get every (smooth) cop in Vegas Golden Knights there to defend you!” DeSavio reportedly wrote in a Facebook post, 8 News Now reports citing police documents. “Hope Sin City is ready for the Mandalay Bay massacre part duex.”
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Matthew DeSavio, 33, was charged with stalking, making threats as an act of terrorism, aggravated stalking and stalking/harassment, according to Clark County, Nev. jail records. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
Just hours before his arrest, DeSavio reportedly took to Facebook and posted several screenshots of a local news outlet’s story of his October 2022 arrest with the headline: “Las Vegas Man Arrested For Posting Oct. Facebook, say police.”
In one post, he reportedly wrote “Oh Metro… Where do I begin….” He followed that post with a “f— you” addressed to a therapist and the clinic where she worked, along with “HAHAHA and three smiling face emojis.
Fox News Digital is not publishing the therapist’s name or clinic to protect them and filed a public records request for more information.
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Police have confirmed the arrest. According to Clark County, Nevada prison records, DeSavio was charged with stalking, making threats as an act of terrorism, aggravated stalking, and stalking/harassment.
This is at least the second time he has spoken publicly about recreating this country’s deadliest mass shooting, when Stephen Paddock opened fire at a crowded music festival from a Las Vegas hotel window on Oct. 1, 2017.
That day, 58 people were killed and at least 500 others injured. Two people later died in hospital from injuries sustained in the shooting. Paddock committed suicide as police closed in on him.
DeSavio reportedly wrote, “I warned you that October 1 was just a preview,” police told 8 News Now.
As patrol officers placed DeSavio in the patrol car, DeSavio made several excited statements asking if anyone had seen his Facebook posts yet and that the Knights must win by a certain amount or he will do a repeat of the Mandalay Bay shooting on October 1.”, police said.
Police did not say he had access to weapons, a police spokesman told 8 News Now.
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October’s arrest
DeSavio’s October arrest came after a medical center, which was reportedly aware of DeSavio, called police about his threats to recreate the 2017 Las Vegas massacre.
“Something BIG(!!!!!) is about to hit the Vegas strip,” DeSavio’s reportedly wrote on Facebook on Oct. 26, 2022.
“#October 1st was JUSTaPREVIEW!!!!! Let’s fuck before I LITERALLY #BLOWup (Paradise)NV!!! #MikePence #LET’sF******gogoGADGETGOOOO!! HahahaHAHAHA!”
A person takes pictures of a video board at Allegiant Stadium, home of the Las Vegas Raiders, that displays a congratulatory message for the Vegas Golden Knights after they beat the Florida Panthers 9-3 in Game 5 of the NHL Stanley Cup 2023 final to win the series four games to one at the T-Mobile Arena on June 13, 2023 in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
He reportedly told police he was comedian Pete Davidson while handcuffed and later told investigators he wanted to drive his car into the Bellagio Fountains.
In a follow-up interview with police, he allegedly said he wanted to get police attention, and he understood people would get hurt if he drove into the Bellagio fountains, news3LV reported at the time.
“That’s why I wanted to do it,” he allegedly said, according to the local news report that cited the arrest report.
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People light candles and place figures and flowers at a makeshift memorial along the Las Vegas Strip for the victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting who were killed by a gunman in Las Vegas on October 5, 2017. (Bilgin S. Sasmaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
The October 2022 case is falling apart
DeSavio became a free man due to a technicality after his October 2022 arrest, according to court documents, which stated he waited 78 days for a court-ordered competency evaluation.
According to a judge’s ruling, the state failed to transport him to a medical facility.
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His public defender argued that the months-long wait violated DeSavio’s due process, which Judge Christy Craig agreed to in a March filing.
DeSavio spent eight more days in jail before being released in April.
Chris Eberhart is a crime and American news reporter for Fox News Digital. Email tips to chris.eberhart@fox.com or on twitter @ChrisEberhart48
