shooting and harrah's northern california casino

The gun was stolen in Virginia and both men have prior arrest records in other states involving thefts and drugs, Petersen said. Tom Jenkin, senior vice president and general manager of Harrah's Las Vegas hotel-casino, said ''we are deeply saddened by this senseless tragedy.'' Vitarelli, who was a guest at Harrah's, had been staying with relatives in Napa, Calif., Petersen said. ''The security officer was hit first in the stomach and the other bullet went through a pant leg of the security supervisor,'' Petersen said. ''When they went to place the handcuffs on the suspect, he began to run and security officers tackled him,'' Petersen said of Mullen.Īs the security officers struggled to get Mullen's hands behind his back to handcuff him, Mullen allegedly pulled out a semiautomatic pistol from his pants and fired two shots. Harrah's security officers stopped the two men near the main casino cage because they matched the description of men who had stolen a customer's purse about 6 p.m., Petersen said. They are being held at the Clark County Detention Center on murder charges.

Police arrested Stephen Mullen, 32, and Michael Frimmel, 31.

The 43-year-old security officer is in stable condition at University Medical Center. Vitarelli had been standing about 35 feet from the struggle when she was hit by a second shot. Vitarelli was struck once in the back after a man who was struggling with security officers shot one of the guards in the stomach, Metro Police homicide Lt.

Vitarelli, 29, of Maui was killed instantly while standing near the main casino cage at Harrah's about 1:30 a.m. LAS VEGAS - A Hawaiian tourist was killed Friday by a stray bullet in a busy Las Vegas Strip casino as security officers struggled with a robbery suspect who opened fire.

Shooting and harrah's northern california casino