Harrah's Casino in Laughlin, Nevada, on Saturday Asked whether any guests had sought refunds in the wake of the violence, she said, 'We're currently working on that process right now.' The 1,700-room hotel was 100 percent booked, she said. EDT), the hotel towers, three restaurants, and one of the casinos had reopened, said Laura de la Cruz, director of marketing for the hotel. None of the dead were casino employees, he said.īy 5 p.m. Tunforss said the Arizona facility received seven gunshot victims, one man with skull trauma, a stabbing victim and a man with chest pains.įour of the 10 men taken to Bullhead City were later flown to Las Vegas, 84 miles away. Tunforss said 10 wounded men were taken to Western Arizona Regional Medical Center in Bullhead City and another was airlifted to Las Vegas. The restrictions were lifted a few hours later. On the Scene: Scores quizzed over casino shootoutĪfter the incident, Nevada officials sealed off Laughlin while they searched for anyone connected with the brawl, said Larry Tunforss, a fire department spokesman in Bullhead City, Arizona, across the Colorado River from Laughlin. Cannito said a member of the Mongols motorcycle gang wandered into a group of their rivals, the Hells Angels, and a fight broke out which escalated into gunfire.

In addition to the 'large number of people in custody, we have numerous weapons,' he said - 'knives, guns and tools.' Citing the 'sensitivity of the investigation,' Cannito would not specify how many people are in custody or what charges they are facing. 'With regards to the other people who have been detained, their status hasn't been determined yet,' he added. One person has been arrested, Cannito said. Vincent Cannito of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, which provides law enforcement in Clark County, where Laughlin is located. Police, who characterized the melee at Harrah's Laughlin Casino as the worst shooting incident in the history of Nevada casinos, were questioning more than 200 people, 'trying to separate the witnesses from the victims,' said Lt. LAUGHLIN, Nevada (CNN) - Rival motorcycle gangs clashed in a southern Nevada casino early Saturday, leaving three men dead, at least 13 other people wounded and - for a few hours - an entire town on lockdown, according to law enforcement and emergency officials in Nevada and nearby Arizona.

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