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Discussion in 'Misc. Vegas Chat' started by rei477s, Dec 15, 2014.

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  1. rei477s

    rei477s Tourist

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    I got to my room at the Cosmo about 30 min ago and thought I heard fireworks. Would be kinda strange for 1:30 am. I would say I heard about 7 shots. Police have the strip closed in front of Paris and tons of cop cars anyone know what's going on?
     
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    smerrian View from Bally's

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    Tried to find info online...nothing yet.
     
  3. rei477s

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    More police still showing up something went down.
     
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    I've been watching this from PH. Really curious as to what is going on... we also heard the shots and from our room it's easy to see that not only have the lanes in the strip been closed, the side walks are also masked off with crime tape. Looks like it's right in front of the sugar factory.
     
  5. Jane42

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    Been looking online at local news stations but not seeing anything about this.
     
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    LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -
    A fight on the strip leaves one man dead with another man being taken to UMC.


    Both men had guns and fired shots at each other around 1:45 Monday morning according to las vegas metro police.

    Officers are investigating to determine a cause of the fight.

    Las Vegas boulevard is currently shut down from harmon to flamingo.

    Fox5 has a crew on the scene and will post updates as they come in.


    Read more: http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/27628120/deadly-shooting-shuts-down-strip#ixzz3Ly6hhBsw
     
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    Getting scary! I heard of a shooting last week at the Rio too. :(
     
  10. IWannaBeInVegas

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    According to the sun, a security officer hired by the rtc asked a guy to get off a bus, the guy shot the officer and the officer returned fire killing the suspect
     
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    So? Do they have security officers on the bus regularly?
     
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    It could be that the bus stopped and waited for security to come on board to the bus to get the passenger off. That's a scary situation though. Who knows why the guy was being asked to leave the bus, but if somebody on the bus confronted him, it could have been a bad situation. One of the times i was on the deuce, a woman was kicked off the bus, and the bus driver pulled over and waited for security to arrive by car.
     
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    Sporadically, from what I've seen. And, not all are armed.

    Bill
     
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    The shooting at Rio was a serial robber that the cops were after, he'd been robbing casino's all over town. They were on his tail and confronted him in Rio, things went south and they shot him
     
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    Damn I love that area of the strip - a little too close to home
     
  18. NickPapageorgio

    NickPapageorgio OG of the Sal Sagev Hotel

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    I don't think there's been an uptick in shootings in LV. The strip has seen it's fair share of shootings and motor vehicle fatalities in the recent past.

    Nick:beer:
     
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    I was no where near Paris.
     
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