TWO Security guards were shot and killed at a Las Vegas hotel-casino early Saturday morning.
The incident happened in one of the hotel rooms at Arizona Charlie’s — about 10 minutes west of the Las Vegas Strip, local television station Fox-5 reported. It also reported the gunman was wounded by a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and was transported to University Medical Center.
After the shooting, the suspect had escaped the hotel and was found by police officers at a nearby residence.
The shooting happened on the day before Las Vegas is preparing for its high-profile New Year’s Eve celebration on the Las Vegas Strip.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department authorities requested the U.S. Department of Homeland Security make the New Year’s Eve event — where about 330,000 people are expected to gather on the Las Vegas Strip — a SEAR 1 event. That is the highest level of security and includes measures such as snipers, extra FBI and DHS mobile stations and medical personnel.
The designation came weeks after the Oct. 1 mass shooting in which 58 people were killed and hundreds wounded when Stephen Paddock opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino before killing himself.
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