{"id":251411,"date":"2023-01-04T22:46:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T04:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=251411"},"modified":"2023-01-05T11:53:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T17:53:50","slug":"el-cortez-casino-guards-death-leads-to-prison-sentence-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/el-cortez-casino-guards-death-leads-to-prison-sentence-in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"El Cortez Casino Guard’s Death Leads to Prison Sentence in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The man who shoved a security guard at the El Cortez Hotel and Casino<\/a> in downtown Las Vegas<\/a> was sentenced Wednesday to at least 28 months in prison, news reports said. The 2021 incident led to the guard\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

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Randy Lyons, a former security guard for the El Cortez Casino in Las Vegas, pictured above. He died months after being shoved to the pavement. The defendant was sentenced to prison this week. (Image:\u00a0KLAS<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The maximum the defendant, Pedro Lizano<\/a>, 35, will serve is eight years, according to the sentence announced by Regional Justice Center Judge Jacqueline Bluth, a former prosecutor.<\/p>\n

Lizano pushed the guard, Randy Lyons, 67, to the hard pavement at the casino\u2019s valet area.<\/p>\n

Bleeding on the Brain<\/h2>\n

Lyons fell backward and his head struck the pavement. He lost consciousness. His injuries included serious bleeding on the brain, KLAS<\/em>, a local TV station, reported.<\/p>\n

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Lyons\u2019s condition remained grave as he remained hospitalized. In February, Lyons\u2019 family found little choice but to take him off of life support when he had a second occurrence of bleeding on the brain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Originally, Lizano was charged with battery. That was upped to murder after Lyons’ death. The charge was lowered to involuntary manslaughter under a plea deal.<\/p>\n

On Sept. 26, 2021, Lyons was directed to a casino restaurant to find Lizano, who was creating a disturbance. Lizano saw Lyons and stood up before rushing at him. He forcefully shoved Lyons, leading to the fall. Lizano was later located at the casino\u2019s valet area where he was lying on a bench, smoking a cigarette.<\/p>\n

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