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Robbery Suspect Shot in Casino

By ANGIE WAGNER
.c The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A robbery suspect was shot and killed by a security guard in a Las Vegas casino after firing shots into a crowd of gamblers and injuring a worker.

``He was just shooting randomly at everything that moved,'' Las Vegas police spokesman Tirso Dominguez said Saturday. ``It was quite a big scene.''

Police said the suspect, who was not immediately identified, robbed a change carousel at the Boulder Station Hotel-Casino, a popular off-Strip casino, while brandishing a pistol about 11 p.m. Friday.

The suspect then fled the casino out the front doors.

For some reason the man turned around and went back through the casino, firing his weapon indiscriminately through the crowded casino, police said.

Dominguez said police were unsure of how many shots were fired.

A casino employee tried to subdue the robber and was shot at least once. The employee was in fair condition at University Medical Center, nursing supervisor Louise Burns said.

Police said the suspect then ran into a casino customer and knocked the woman to the floor. She was treated for minor injuries at Desert Springs Hospital.

The names of the injured were not released.

A casino security officer then fired shots at the suspect. The suspect was taken to UMC, where he died.

The last shooting inside a Nevada casino was April 27 at the Harrah's hotel-casino in Laughlin, where rival Hells Angels and Mongols motorcycle gangs clashed. Three bikers were killed.

08/03/02 15:42 EDT

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