Authorities said that after failing to find his intended victim, the man who fatally stabbed a stranger early on Sunday at Washington State's Muckleshoot Casino chose his victim on the gaming floor.

According to press sources, the suspect, Ricky Fuentes, 31, showed up in court on Monday, a few hours after confessing to authorities that he had slashed the victim's neck with a box cutter.

Fuentes rode a bus to the gambling establishment in Auburn, Washington, on Saturday night. According to police sources, he had "the intent to kill an associate" at the tribal casino. 

He went into the casino at around ten o'clock at night and looked for his targeted victim. Fuentes "began looking for someone else to kill in [his associate's] stead" after that individual could not be located, according to the police.

Seemed to Be a "Bully"

Then Fuentes saw a man at a casino table playing craps. According to the authorities, he snuck up behind the man and stabbed him in the neck because he thought the man looked like "a bully."

Due to his wounds, the victim passed away in the casino.

About 1:30 a.m., Fuentes dropped the box cutter close to the murder site and was quickly taken into custody by casino security officers.

He was checked into King County Jail and turned over to Auburn Police Department officers.

 Authorities intend to charge him with first-degree murder, according to Seattle TV station KING.

King County District Court Judge Jill Klinge ruled there was probable cause for the charge and set bail at $5M.

"It was random. It was violent. It occurred in front of a large group of people,” a prosecutor told Klinge in arguing for the high amount in bail.

The prosecution also informed the judge that Fuentes had been accused with assault, reckless driving, and possession of dangerous weapons in the past during his court appearance.

ID of the victim

The victim's girlfriend, Liyh Miller-Espinoza, identified him as 29-year-old Brandon Larson, according to KOMO, a Seattle television station. She disclosed that she had had a phone conversation with Larson approximately thirty minutes before to his stabbing. He called back a half hour later, but his speech was quite weak.

"That’s not normal for him,” she told KING. “It was not normal for him to not respond to me.”

Later on Sunday, she discovered he had been stabbed and had been chosen at random.

“There was nothing possible between the two of them,” Miller-Espinoza told KOMO. “Brandon was not the type to start drama. He just loved me. He wanted to get home to me.”