Re: Shootout at Tahoe Casino Kills One
I was also in Tahoe all weekend.
The shooting took place as I was walking over to Harrahs. The cops came flying down the street just as we were about to cross the street into the casino. Some idiots were actually still jaywalking when 5 cop cars were coming full speed with lights and sirens.
There was a guy on the corner who had just left/fled from the casino saying her heard like 20 shots. Being the careless/idiotic person I am I decide to go check it out with my girlfriend. I figured the place should be safe since the cops were there and people were still going in and out of the casino.
So we make it across into the casino and it does not seem like anything has happened. No cops, no security, no one running. The games were still in progress, but the place seemed to be a little more quiet than it should be. As we make our way closer to the high limit area we see a small crowd of people kinda staring into the high limit room. There was nobody in the actual room, but there is lounge in the back of the room and I could see EMTs working on someone. At about this point I looked up and saw two of Tahoe's finest running towards us with their guns out and ready to rock. One had an AR-15 or something similar and the other just had a hand gun. We decided now was a good time to meet up with our friends next door at Bill's casino.
That was closest I have been to a killing/shootout and the closest I ever want to be.
On the plus side I was up 5bb for the short time I played over at Harvey's.
Tahoe was a Blast,
Loose.....
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