Police: Vegas security guard punched casino employee to death
North Las Vegas police investigated a homicide and a related officer-involved shooting at the Silver Nugget Casino in North Las Vegas on May 19. Two North Las Vegas casino employees are dead after one killed the other and then was shot by a police officer responding to reports of the fatal fight, police said Thursday. (Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
LAS VEGAS » New details are emerging about a casino security guard who was shot and killed by North Las Vegas police last week after officials say he pummeled a 64-year-old slot machine technician to death.
Officer Ann Cavaricci said today the technician, Edgardo Lavado Velasquez, didn’t put up a fight while the unarmed guard, Jeremias Cruz, dragged him by the neck through employee areas and then killed him with his fists early Thursday at the Silver Nugget casino.
Cavaricci says the 30-year-old Cruz had what she called a “chaotic episode,” and fought with another unarmed security guard who tried to pull him off Velasquez before police arrived.
That man suffered a hand injury.
Police say Cruz shook off the effects of a stun gun before he was shot by a patrol officer.
10 responses to “Police: Vegas security guard punched casino employee to death”
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yikes! scary
any scarier than Hawaii allie? BTW are you still in school? I would have thought (how many years now?) maybe that’s the reason for not being able to graduate….have NOT expanded your small range of necessary intelligence!
Vetting for security guards isn’t what it should be. Lots of Zimmerman types out there. This time it was the guard who caught the bullet, but too late for his victim.
Agree. I work in a restaurant on Kuhio. Our Tonganese security guard barks at anyone that looks sideways at me or makes signs of aggression. Not sure we vetted his background but he sure is effective!
That probably is not good for business.
oh please don’t try to flatter yourself!
Probably on roids.
Glad he ain’t walking no more. One less perp to deal with in court. Saves money.
He had a “chaotic episode”? You mean he went stark raving nuts! Good hire.
drugs ?