{"id":169527,"date":"2021-04-04T09:19:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T16:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=169527"},"modified":"2021-04-05T09:33:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T16:33:31","slug":"mississippis-treasure-bay-casino-turns-chaotic-after-gunshot-rings-out-on-gaming-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/mississippis-treasure-bay-casino-turns-chaotic-after-gunshot-rings-out-on-gaming-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi\u2019s Treasure Bay Casino Turns Chaotic After Gunshot Rings Out on Gaming Floor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Players at Mississippi\u2019s Treasure Bay Casino ran for cover Friday night after a single shot was fired from a gun. Several eyewitnesses hid under tables. Many were described as scared or bewildered.<\/p>\n

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An unnamed man crouches for safety at Mississippi\u2019s Treasure Bay Casino. People in the casino ran for cover after a shot rang out Friday. (Image: WLOX<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Following the discharge, casino employees and players ran in different directions, according to witnesses speaking to local media.<\/p>\n

The person with the gun suffered \u201ca very superficial leg wound,\u201d WLOX<\/em>, a local Mississippi<\/a> TV station, initially reported. There were no other injuries.<\/p>\n

The gunshot turned out to be from an accidental discharge of a firearm. The gun was in the person’s pocket when it discharged. Following the incident, one eyewitness, Jeremy Pellegrin, told WLOX he had just won at roulette. Then, he heard a sound. \u201cI just hear a loud pop,\u201d Pellegrin said.<\/p>\n

At first, he hid under a table with the dealers. It was scary, he recalled. Then, Pellegrin took out a cell phone and started to record the pandemonium.<\/p>\n

Nobody knew what to do, which way to run, where to go,\u201d<\/strong> Pellegrin told the TV station. \u201cEverybody pointing in different directions. It was a chaotic scene.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He heard the sound of flip-flops and shoes hitting the floor. Some shoes reportedly fell off as the people ran.<\/p>\n

During his video, soon after the shot, one could hear a woman yell out, \u201cDid anybody see anything?\u201d A man later shouted, \u201cEverybody stand down!\u201d<\/p>\n

Man With Firearm Was Charged<\/h2>\n

It is illegal to have a weapon in the casino. So, the person with the gun in his pocket was charged with discharging a firearm in city limits, the report said. He was not identified in a local news report.<\/p>\n

Following the incident, Treasure Bay CEO Susan Varnes explained in a statement that \u201cNo other guests or crew were involved or injured, and the Biloxi Police Department responded quickly.”<\/p>\n

The Mississippi Gulf Coast casino has been open round the clock in recent months, with health safeguards in place. Last March, it was shuttered for two months by the COVID-19<\/a> pandemic.<\/p>\n

Camera Turned on Quickly<\/h2>\n

Over the weekend, Pellegrin multiple times watched the video he took of the confused and tense situation, WLOX reported.<\/p>\n

Why did he take out his cell phone to begin recording a video?\u00a0He just had an instinctive reaction.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn these situations, I turn my camera on quick, because you never know what could happen,\u201d Pellegrin told WLOX. “I definitely wanted to make sure that if anything crazy did happen, that people got to see what was really going on inside.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Players at Mississippi\u2019s Treasure Bay Casino ran for cover Friday night after a single shot was fired from a gun. Several eyewitnesses hid under tables. Many were described as scared or bewildered. Following the discharge, casino employees and players ran in different directions, according to witnesses speaking to local media. The person with the gun […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":169529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMississippi\u2019s Treasure Bay Casino Turns Chaotic After Gunshot Rings Out<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"People at Mississippi\u2019s Treasure Bay Casino ran for cover after a single shot was fired from a gun Friday night. 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