KLAS-TV/8 News Now The suspect from a string of casino robberies makes his getaway with a small briefcase in this shot from a surveillance video at an unnamed casino in Las Vegas. It may or may not be the same man shot to death by Vegas police on Sunday. A man police tied to at least four casino robberies in Las Vegas was shot dead by cops at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino on Sunday.
The serial robbery suspect had been under surveillance by undercover officers for four days when he was gunned down while resisting arrest near the guest elevators at 5:05 a.m.
Police initially used a stun gun on the man, but opened fire when he reached for his waistband, Metro police Capt. Matt McCarthy said.
Cops found a gun on the man, who died at the scene.
"Because of the potential of explosives we had the Las Vegas bomb squad as well as the (police) armor team show up," McCarthy said, according to KSNV.
"They're the ones who conducted the cursory search of the subject to make sure he did not have explosives on him and he did not."
McCarthy described the suspect as a white male who brandished a handgun during recent casino robberies and claimed in some of them that he had explosive devices on him.
Police were tipped off that the man was staying at the Rio and a surveillance operation was launched.
No one else was in injured in the fatal confrontation.
With News Wire Services
ABC30 Action News Police initially used a stun gun on the casino robbery suspect, but opened fire when he reached for his waistband at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino on Sunday.
ABC30 Action News The suspect had been under surveillance by undercover officers for four days when he was shot while resisting arrest near the guest elevators at 5:05 a.m. at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino on Sunday.
ABC30 Action News Police are on the scene after a robbery suspect was shot and killed in the Rio Casino in Las Vegas on Sunday.Previous Next
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