LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The man accused of killing three people at a Las Vegas apartment complex will be held without bail for now, a judge ruled on Wednesday.
Spencer McDonald made his first appearance in Las Vegas Justice Court on Wednesday. A judge informed McDonald that, since a criminal complaint had not been filed yet, bail could not be discussed and an attorney could not be assigned.
Once the complaint was filed, the judge said the conversation about bail would resume.
For the time being, McDonald will remain in custody without bail.
McDonald was first taken into custody by Las Vegas Metro police on Tuesday after a maintenance worker called 911 to report that he had been stabbed during a welfare check.
The injured maintenance worker told police he entered the apartment with another worker to perform a welfare check when McDonald appeared and immediately began attacking them, officials said previously.
Arriving officers located three bodies — a man and a woman of "unknown relation" and another maintenance worker — inside the apartment. On Thursday, the Clark County Coroner identified the deceased victims at the scene as 43-year-old Andrew John Graden, 45-year-old Christopher Paul Brassard, and 80-year-old Dina Arker Vail. All of them died from "multiple blunt and sharp force injuries, or homicide."
According to police, McDonald was observed carrying a "large mace or sledgehammer-type instrument" when apprehended.
McDonald is due back in court on Monday, July 3.
