{"id":95330,"date":"2019-01-02T06:06:43","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T14:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=95330"},"modified":"2019-01-02T09:34:51","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T17:34:51","slug":"gunman-shot-dead-at-station-casinos-green-valley-ranch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gunman-shot-dead-at-station-casinos-green-valley-ranch\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunman Shot Dead at Station Casinos’ Green Valley Ranch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Security guards at the Green Valley Ranch Casino<\/a> in Henderson, Nevada shot dead an armed man in the casino lobby at around 3:40 pm Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Police cars block exits at the Green Valley Ranch in Henderson, a suburb of Las Vegas. Inside, security guards shot an unnamed man dead after he reportedly drew a handgun on them. (Image: KSNV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to police reports, frightened casino patrons alerted security after seeing the man walking through the casino with a handgun. When confronted in the east tower lobby, the unnamed man drew his weapon and was fired on by two security guards.<\/p>\n

Henderson Police Department Lt. Kirk Moore told the Las Vegas Review-Journal <\/em>that he did not yet know if the man had returned fire or how many shots were fired, although News 3 Las Vegas reported that witnesses at the scene heard six gunshots.<\/p>\n

Police said no one else was injured in the incident and the casino was not evacuated. Nevertheless, News 3 LV\u2019s Gabby Hart reported that officers sealed off exits after rushing fleeing patrons out of the casino.<\/p>\n

Countering Threat<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Casinos have been forced to beef up security in the wake of the Las Vegas shootings of October 1, 2017, when Stephen Paddock opened fire on a country music festival from his room on the 32nd<\/sup> floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino, killing 58 people and injuring hundreds more.<\/p>\n

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Some Las Vegas operators — including MGM and Caesars — have since assembled armed civilian rapid-response units composed of highly trained former military and law enforcement officials to neutralize active-shooter threats before police arrive. It is not known whether Green Valley Ranch-owner Station Casinos has adopted a similar policy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Experts have long warned that Nevada\u2019s casino sector is vulnerable to shooters, due to the vast footfall passing through Las Vegas, coupled with a famously welcoming open-door policy that does not lend itself to stringent, airport-style security checks.<\/p>\n

Casinos Under Fire<\/strong><\/h2>\n

But shootings inside casinos remain relatively rare. In July 2007, Stephen Zegrean entered the New York-New York Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip with a 9mm handgun and 249 rounds of ammunition hidden under his trench coat.<\/p>\n

He fired 17 shots from a balcony onto the casino floor, injuring four people, before he was wrestled to the ground by a member of the public. Zegrean died in prison in 2010 of natural causes, aged 54.<\/p>\n

In 2013, Benjamin Frazer<\/a> ran amok with a handgun following an argument with door staff at Drai\u2019s nightclub, which was then housed at Bally\u2019s. Frazer shot and injured two security guards before killing a member of the public who tried to tackle him. Last year he was sentenced to 26 years to life.<\/p>\n

The first instance of multiple murders inside a Nevada casino occurred in 2002 when a fight broke out between the rival Hells Angels and Mongols biker gangs at the Laughlin River Run. The casino-floor riot left three bikers dead, two from gunshots and one from a knife wound.<\/p>\n

In 2015, a man turned a gun on himself while waiting in line for the Mother’s Day buffet at M Resorts. John Noble, 53, was said to have a grudge against the casino.<\/p>\n

Nevada is an open-carry state — meaning residents may carry visible firearms legally anywhere — although many casinos post “no gun” policies. Concealed weapons require a permit in the state, but it is easily obtained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Security guards at the Green Valley Ranch Casino in Henderson, Nevada shot dead an armed man in the casino lobby at around 3:40 pm Tuesday. According to police reports, frightened casino patrons alerted security after seeing the man walking through the casino with a handgun. When confronted in the east tower lobby, the unnamed man […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":95331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGunman Shot Dead at Station Casinos' Green Valley Ranch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Green Valley Ranch Casino gunman killed by security guards. 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