Posting date: July 12, 20,23, 02h23.
Last updated: July 12, 2023 at 02:35h
The man who allegedly held a woman hostage at Caesars Palace for six hours on Tuesday, July 11, was a fugitive from Colorado who lived a transient lifestyle on the streets of Las Vegas, according to the arrest report obtained by KLAS-TV/Las Vegas, which also explained that his captive was an on-again/off-again girlfriend.
SWAT Happened
Police and SWAT responded to the Las Vegas Strip casino hotel after a domestic disturbance call at 9:15 a.m. local time. Witnesses had seen Mannix bust out a window in his Octavius Tower guest suite and begin dropping chairs and other items 21 floors to a Caesars Palace pool deck below.
Matthew Mannix is shown in his mug shot on Tuesday, July 11. (Image: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
No one was injured by the falling objects, since the area was quickly evacuated. According to
Mannix’s victim — whose name was also redacted in the arrest report — told police that she and Mannix were experiencing homelessness as a couple on the Las Vegas Strip and had binged on illegal drugs for several days. She said she did not leave the room for fear of her life. She said that she thought Mannix was an MTV actor.