Talk about an Easter I'll remember!

The wife and I decide to go to the M Casino here in Henderson to grab a bite for dinner. We get there and decide to contribute a little to their operating expenses before eating.

So I'm playing a machine right next to the buffet, smoking a cigar of course. A PSD4. The machine I'm fooling with goes into a bonus round. Suddenly a shot rings out. A gunshot. Loud and real close. I'd guess a .380 or a 9mm.

I look at the buffet line next to me and people are hitting the floor. I drop down to a crouch and try to figure out what's going on. The damn machine is happily ringing up credits as the bonus round continues. People are running, screaming, complete chaos. I'm looking trying to identify any shooters, but can't see anyone who looks threatening.

Turns out a guy at the front of the line pulled out a gun and put one into his own head. Last I saw of him he was laying there, so close to his meal but so far. I'm not sure if he was DRT or still breathing. Reports are conflicting at this point.

The police arrived and shut down the parking structure before I could get my vehicle out. So it looks like the Jeep is spending the night at the M. I had to call a buddy to come and fetch us.

This went down about thirty to forty feet from me. Hard to describe the thoughts that go through your head when something like that happens.

So how was your Easter?
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Interesting choice of venue for that sort of thing. :-)
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Sad, but at least he didn;'t take anyone with him like so many do these days, Bill.

My Easter was MUCH more low key.
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Crazy..must have lost his ass at the slots :-)
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Wow, Bill.
Definitely a scary situation.
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Didn't have an Easter like that, never did, and hope I never do. Had a similar MLK Day once however. A commuter train line runs through the middle of town, from NYC to (originally anyway) Scranton. As I was walking by its overpass at the station, I heard the thump when a woman decided to step in front of a westbound local. Not a pleasant sound, or thought.

Glad you are OK, and as Tom said, at least he did not see the M as a target-rich environment.
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This. 1000x this.
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You are the Grim Reaper!!!! (j/k)

Wow, glad to hear you and the wife are ok.
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How much did you win on the machine?

Oh, sad about the guy.
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Wow....crazy story. As stated above, glad you & your wife are okay. Also that it appears there was just the 1 individual involved.

Any problem getting paid out? What was the take?
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Wow. I am glad that everyone else is OK.
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MAN! Crazy night. I have stayed there several times.They used to have these Bvlgari soaps that my wife liked. They quit those in like 2012.
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Wow that is crazy and scary at the same time.
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Yikes! Glad you are ok! Something you likely won't forget anytime soon!
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Think the machine paid around $30. To be honest I wasn't paying much attention. :-)

Local rumors include the one that he'd been stalking one of the buffet hostesses, and did himself in front of her saying "This is for you!".

The casino definitely needs an evacuation plan. The staff stood around pretty much yelling conflicting orders at the customers. The casino stayed open, but most food venues shut down. So you had hungry people who couldn't access their vehicles standing around getting more and more irritated.

The police finally opened the garage this morning and I retrieved my wheels. The police were investigating a minor car fire in the garage that occurred at the same time and may have been linked to the incident.

All in all, just another day in Sin City.
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Whoa! That is crazy. Glad to see you and the bride made it out safely.

I painted my back porch after church. Got a few mosquito bites near dark, but other than that, I'm Ok.
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That's crazy, glad you and everyone else is ok.

30 bucks, only 30 bucks, you need to punch the story up a little and make it like 3000 or something :-)

Seriously makes you wonder, I mean why would someone do that in a casino standing in line. Hopefully the people around him in line aren't having a rough time of it, though I'm guessing some of them are pretty traumatized.
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Hard to imagine this whole thing is, apparently, a dispute over a free buffet for life prize. I found this article: http://news.yahoo.com/apparent-suici...164426528.html

I feel very bad for everyone who was involved directly or indirectly. Not an event likely to be forgotten and it is likely to remain associated with Easter in the future for many affected. I imagine that it will be very hard for the staff working that day to man the buffet any time soon.
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That's freaking crazy. The manager and staff is lucky he didn't take someone with hm
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Glad to hear that you are OK Bill. I was at the M in Vegas back in February when I went to the Vegas Big Smoke event. The food was good, but definately not worth dying for. The management should have handled this much differently, hopefully they will in the future.
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