{"id":266241,"date":"2023-03-25T18:51:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T23:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=266241"},"modified":"2023-03-27T13:18:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T18:18:18","slug":"hard-rock-casino-lake-tahoe-sees-fatal-shooting-suspects-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/hard-rock-casino-lake-tahoe-sees-fatal-shooting-suspects-in-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Hard Rock Casino Lake Tahoe Sees Fatal Shooting, Suspects in Jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man was shot in the head and later passed away following a dispute at the Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/tahoe-casinos-charging-for-parking-as-events-center-opening-nears\/\">Lake Tahoe<\/a> in Stateline, Nev. on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_266244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-266244\" data-style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-266244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/shooting-142x80.jpg\" alt=\"Deputies arrive at Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino Lake Tahoe\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-266244\"class=\"text-description\">Deputies arrive at Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Nev., pictured above. A man was shot at the casino, and later died. Two suspects were charged. (Image: <em>CNN<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The victim, identified as Omar Reyes Garcia, 32, was rushed to a nearby hospital. He was pronounced dead soon after arriving for treatment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Garcia and Edgar Julian Delgado, 24, had gotten into an argument at the casino\u2019s Center Bar. That led Delgado to pull out a firearm and wound Garcia at about 8 a.m., authorities said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Within hours, Delgado and another suspect were arrested at gunpoint by Eldorado Sheriff\u2019s deputies on a California highway, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Delgado and Garcia had been at the Hard Rock since at least 2 a.m. Saturday. The two men first met at the casino bar and spent several hours together before the shooting, Reno TV station <em>KOLO<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Delgado was charged with first-degree murder.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>A second suspect was identified as Savannah Racquel Tautaupale, 26.\u00a0She was charged with driving under the influence and being an accessory after the fact.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The two suspects were booked at the El Dorado County Sheriff&#8217;s Office jail in Placerville, Calif. Delgado was being held without bail this weekend. Bail for Tautaupale was $250,000.<\/p>\n<p>The two suspects were arrested in a Toyota Forerunner on Highway 50 near Sierra-at-Tahoe, Calif. Both suspects will face extradition from California to Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>No one else was injured during the shooting.<\/p>\n<h2>Casinos on Lockdown<\/h2>\n<p>Portions of the gaming property and Highway 50 in both directions were closed temporarily while police searched for the suspects. Each room at the casino was inspected following the shooting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>Douglas County Sheriff\u2019s deputies evacuated the north and Tahoe Towers of the hotel. The casino was placed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/mgm-cotai-lockdown-after-table-dealer-tests-positive-covid-19\/\">lockdown<\/a>. Guests were ordered to shelter in place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Also, Dotty\u2019s casino in Stateline temporarily shuttered because of the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Before driving away from the casino, Delgado went to his hotel room after the shooting to collect personal items. The two suspects then fled.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting initially was reported to the Douglas County Sheriff\u2019s Office at 8:08 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The first deputy showed up at the casino three minutes later, California TV station <em>KCRA <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At least 50 police officers or deputies eventually responded to the casino.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hard Rock security guards were able to give the deputies descriptions of the suspects and the vehicle in which they fled. The guards had surveillance video of the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>In a Twitter post, the casino stated at about noon PT, &#8220;The Hard Rock has reopened after an incident this morning. Thank you to the Douglas County Sheriff&#8217;s Office and other law enforcement agencies who skillfully handled the challenge and kept all guests and team members safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Prior Murder<\/h2>\n<p>In an unrelated incident, a gruesome 2017 killing at the same Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino led to the 2019 sentencing of a homeless illegal immigrant to life in prison for second-degree murder.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/lake-tahoe-hard-rock-hotel-casino-brutal-killing-results-in-life-sentence\/\">Jose Rodriquez-Quezada<\/a>, 45, will serve eight to 20 years \u2014 beyond the initial life sentence from Douglas County District Judge Tod Young \u2014 for use of a deadly weapon in the bloody crime.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rodriquez-Quezada was found guilty in the death of the Reno man, Kevin Edwards. The deceased was 56 at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man was shot in the head and later passed away following a dispute at the Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Nev. on Saturday morning. The victim, identified as Omar Reyes Garcia, 32, was rushed to a nearby hospital. He was pronounced dead soon after arriving for treatment. Garcia and Edgar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":266244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,60],"tags":[13766,85599,81928,82002,24],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hard Rock Casino Lake Tahoe Sees Fatal Shooting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A man was shot in the head at Nevada&#039;s Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino Lake Tahoe. 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