Shooter opens fireplace outdoors Reno on line casino, killing 3 and injuring a number of others : NPR

Police reply to a taking pictures outdoors the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nev., on July 28, 2025.

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RENO, Nev. — A gunman opened fireplace Monday outdoors the most important on line casino in Reno, Nevada, killing three individuals and wounding three others earlier than police shot the suspect and arrested him, officers mentioned.

The suspect had no recognized connection to the victims, and it was unclear if he was a visitor or an worker on the Grand Sierra Resort, considered one of Reno’s most distinguished venues that has hosted concert events, sporting occasions and a marketing campaign rally by President Donald Trump earlier than the 2024 election. Near the California border and simply northeast of Lake Tahoe, the city is a well-liked summer time vacationer vacation spot.

Police have been nonetheless attempting to find out a motive for the taking pictures.

Two victims have been in crucial situation, whereas one was handled and launched from the hospital, mentioned Chris Crawforth, the police chief of the neighboring city of Sparks whose division is main the investigation.

The taking pictures occurred round 7:30 a.m. when the gunman walked as much as the casino-hotel’s valet parking space, pulled out a handgun and pointed it at a bunch of individuals, police mentioned. His gun initially malfunctioned, however he shortly was in a position to get it to shoot a number of instances earlier than fleeing on foot via the parking zone the place he encountered an armed on line casino safety guard. Crawforth mentioned the gunman opened fireplace on the guard, who returned fireplace because the shooter fled once more.

The suspect later shot at somebody driving by within the parking zone, placing and killing the driving force earlier than officers arrived on the scene inside three minutes of the primary photographs being fired.

“There was incredible, swift action that took place,” Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve mentioned, including that it stopped the suspect from going into the casino-hotel to proceed the rampage.

The shooter had a number of firearm magazines, in response to Crawforth.

The suspect fired at Reno law enforcement officials and hit a patrol car. Multiple officers returned fireplace, placing the suspect, Crawforth mentioned. The suspect, whose identify was not launched, stays in crucial situation.

Michael Sisco, 60, mentioned he was in his room and about to go to the valet for his automobile when he heard popping sounds. He regarded out his window and noticed individuals screaming and operating from the valet space.

He mentioned he noticed a person holding his abdomen and staggering earlier than falling immobile subsequent to a automobile. Sisco moved away from the window because the gunshots continued.

“A half hour after the incident I started shaking because I realized I could’ve been there,” he mentioned. “That’s exactly where I was going.”

Christina Martinez heard the photographs simply as she was stepping onto an elevator within the foyer, and so they have been nonetheless going off when she stepped out onto the 18th ground.

Someone in a neighboring room advised her there was a gunman proper outdoors the primary entrance, close to the place Martinez mentioned she was getting espresso simply moments earlier than.

“I feel very blessed, but that’s kind of why I had a panic attack,” she mentioned. “I was like, ‘Oh my God. I was just there.'”

Hours after the taking pictures, the doorway contained in the on line casino resulting in the valet space was roped off to visitors and privateness screens have been positioned in entrance of the glass doorways to dam the view outdoors.

In addition to those that have been killed and the individuals taken to the hospital, three extra have been handled for minor accidents on the on line casino, in response to Devon Reese, chair of the Board of Health in northern Nevada. One individual was grazed by a bullet on their pinky finger, one was handled for extreme anxiousness and one was injured whereas operating, he mentioned.

One officer additionally was injured from what was doubtless “glass fragments,” Reno Police Chief Kathryn Nance mentioned.

“Tragedies like this are horrific for any community to endure,” she mentioned.

More than a yr in the past, two males have been charged with fatally taking pictures one other man who was staying on the resort in January 2024.

The Grand Sierra claims to have the largest on line casino ground in northern Nevada and sits just some blocks from the Reno-Tahoe International Airport. It’s additionally one of many tallest buildings within the metropolis, with practically 2,000 lodge rooms.

“We are heartbroken by the senseless violence that occurred in our parking area earlier today,” the on line casino mentioned in an announcement. “Our thoughts are with the victims and all those affected by this tragic incident.”