{"id":280777,"date":"2023-07-11T17:30:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T22:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=280777"},"modified":"2023-07-12T13:39:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T18:39:04","slug":"las-vegas-police-standoff-man-holding-woman-hostage-at-caesars-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-police-standoff-man-holding-woman-hostage-at-caesars-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Man Holding Woman Hostage at Caesars Palace Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> The standoff with Las Vegas police at Caesars Palace on Tuesday ended after six hours. A hotel guest who told officers he was armed was taken into custody just before 3 p.m. local time by SWAT officers. The woman who was described as his hostage is reported to be \u201csafe and with officers.\u201d The man\u2019s name has not been released, nor is it known if he was armed.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>EARLIER:\u00a0<\/strong>An armed standoff is in progress at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where a man who told police he has a gun has apparently taken a woman hostage in his barricaded hotel room. SWAT and crisis negotiators are on the scene.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_280778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-280778\" data-style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-280778 size-post-thumbnail-858xAUTO\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/kvvu-tv-858x588.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"858\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/kvvu-tv-858x588.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/kvvu-tv-430x295.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/kvvu-tv.jpg 1111w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-280778\"class=\"text-description\">This man has barricaded himself in his Caesars Palace guest room with a female hostage, according to Las Vegas police. He claims to have a gun, though officers reportedly haven&#8217;t seen one yet. (Image: K<em>VVU-TV\/Las Vegas<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe are actively trying to resolve this situation,\u201d tweeted the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD).<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>Police responded to a domestic disturbance call at 9:15 a.m. local time. The room is located above the resort\u2019s pool area on its south side. The area has been evacuated, and the involved hotel floor locked down, though the property remains open.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s not known if the woman is in a relationship with the man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is still in the room at this time,\u201d LVMPD Bureau Commander Stephen Connell said during a press conference. \u201cThe female has been heard from and is still OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connell said that officers haven&#8217;t seen a weapon and what some believed to be gunshots earlier were items being thrown out of the hotel room\u2019s busted window.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur team is cooperating fully with law enforcement officers on scene who are handling the investigation,\u201d read a statement from Caesars Palace.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: The standoff with Las Vegas police at Caesars Palace on Tuesday ended after six hours. A hotel guest who told officers he was armed was taken into custody just before 3 p.m. local time by SWAT officers. The woman who was described as his hostage is reported to be \u201csafe and with officers.\u201d The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":280778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,21,81886],"tags":[87058,82083,13766,82003,87057,82939,86116],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UPDATE: Man Holding Woman Hostage at Caesars Palace Arrested - Casino.org<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UPDATE: The standoff with Las Vegas police at Caesars Palace on Tuesday ended after six hours. 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