Police say shooter killed security officer then self inside Wynn Casino employee parking garage
LAS VEGAS NV March 10 2021Â Las Vegas police say an employee at the Wynn hotel-casino shot and killed a security officer before shooting and killing himself inside the employee parking garage on Tuesday night.
According to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, the employee, a man in his early 40s, had been a “no call, no show” at work the past few days.
Around 5:45 p.m. he pulled into the parking garage using his employee card, which alerted security to check on his welfare due to the missed shifts as part of hotel policy, police say.
The employee drove to the fifth floor of the garage and parked his vehicle. Police say the security officer, a man in his early 30s, walked up to the vehicle and was shot at as he approached the car door.
The security officer was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say the shooter then left the vehicle and shot himself. He was also pronounced dead at the scene.
Both identities will be released by the coroner’s office.
CEO of Wynn Resorts Matt Maddox gave the following statement regarding the deadly shooting:
“We are deeply saddened by the tragic incident that occurred this evening. We have reached out to the families of our two employees to offer our condolences and assistance during this difficult time.”
Police say this is an isolated incident and stress that the shooting happened in a secure parking structure with no other people around.
“It was a very remote part of the parking garage,” said Lt. Ray Spencer with LVMPD’s homicide unit.
The department also praised the hotel’s security procedure, calling it “robust.”
“When dealing with the private sector, you are not going to get better trained and better use of technology than the hotels on the Las Vegas Strip,” said Lt. Spencer.
“This property has an exceptional security response. They handled this extremely well with their internal response,” he added.
Lt. Spencer went on to say the Wynn “did an exceptional job when you think about how they instantly recognized that he was on their property” and “they instantly sent someone to check on why he had returned to the property.”
Police say there does not appear to be any link between the security guard and the shooter.
The investigation remains ongoing and police stress information from this update is preliminary.
NOTE; This is the 20th Murder of A Security Officer in 2021!
