A shooting outside Reno's Grand Sierra Resort left multiple people injured Monday morning. (Photo: Canva)
A police-involved shooting early Monday morning at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, left at least two people dead and three others hospitalised with injuries even as a suspect was taken in custody, The Associated Press reported, quoting officials. The incident reportedly took place around 7:30 am near the casino’s valet entrance.
Caroline Ackerman, a spokesperson for Renown Regional Medical Center, told the publication that the hospital’s emergency department received “several patients with gunshot wounds.”
According to the report, Reno police spokesperson Chris Johnson said an adult male suspect was apprehended and later hospitalised. His condition remains unknown. “Multiple people were shot,” Johnson reportedly said.
A spokesperson for the Washoe County Sheriff’s Department said the shooting involved an officer at the Grand Sierra Resort, as reported by the US-based news agency.
Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve expressed sympathy for the victims and frustration over gun violence in the US. “My heart breaks for the victims, their families, and our entire community,” Schieve wrote in a social media post.
“Reno is strong, but we are not immune to the epidemic of gun violence gripping this nation.”
The Grand Sierra Resort is one of Reno’s most prominent landmarks. Located just blocks from the Reno-Tahoe International Airport, it boasts the largest casino floor in northern Nevada and nearly 2,000 hotel rooms, the report said.
This isn’t the first time the resort has been linked to an incident involving gun violence. In January 2024, two men were charged in the fatal shooting of another man who had been staying at the hotel.
Incidentally, Monday’s shooting comes just a day after multiple people were rushed to hospitals following mass stabbing at a Walmart store in Michigan.
The authorities have charged the suspect with terrorism and multiple counts of assault.
It also comes as a married couple – Clinton David Brink, 43, and Cristen Amanda Brink, 41 – was found dead on a walking trail at Arkansas’ Devil’s Den State Park early Sunday.
According to Arkansas State Police, the couple was hiking with their two young daughters when the incident took place.
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