2 Killed In Murder-Suicide At Las Vegas Hotel-Casino

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2 killed in murder-suicide at Las Vegas hotel-casino < br />

2012-12-16 09:30:30 GMT+7 (ICT)

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (BNO NEWS) -- A woman was killed late Friday when her ex-boyfriend opened fire in the lobby of a hotel and casino on the famous Las Vegas Strip, sending scores of people fleeing, police said on Saturday. The gunman then turned the gun on himself and was found dead at the scene.

The incident happened just before 8:30 p.m. local time on Friday when an unidentified man opened fire at the concierge desk on the first floor near the entrance of the Excalibur Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, which is known as the Entertainment Capital of the World and offers huge hotel complexes which line the world famous Las Vegas Strip.

Witnesses reported hearing at least five gunshots which sent terrified patrons fleeing for safety, just hours after a 20-year-old man opened fire at an elementary school in western Connecticut, killing 20 children and six adults in the second-deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. The gunman, who also killed his mother before the school shooting, then took his own life.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said a woman, identified as 30-year-old Jessica Kenney, was seriously injured in Friday's shooting and was later pronounced dead at University Medical Center. The suspected gunman, whose name was not immediately known but is believed to have been the woman's ex-boyfriend, was found dead at the scene.

Travel company VEGAS.com said Kenney was one of their employees who worked as a vendor at Excalibur's concierge desk. "We were saddened to learn that a member of the VEGAS.com family was the victim of [Friday's] tragic and senseless killing at the Excalibur Hotel & Casino Las Vegas," said VEGAS.com Chief Operating Officer Bryan Allison. "Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends."

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[tomyummer]

Great. Perfect timing.

[F430murci]

Great. Perfect timing.

Perfect timing for what?

[geriatrickid]

Great. Perfect timing.

Perfect timing for what?

For a domestic violence murder?

I was unaware there was perfect timing for the murder of someone.

[tomyummer]

Great. Perfect timing.

Perfect timing for what?

For a domestic violence murder?

I was unaware there was perfect timing for the murder of someone.

Hello, it was a comment in referring to the shootings in a row. When one absurd attack is followed by another within hours. The shock of the first is not yet over. Let alone the previous mall shooting earlier. The remark wasn't meant as a positive statement. Read between the lines sirs.

Edited December 16, 2012 by tomyummer

[Docno]

With all the Thai-bashing that goes on in these forums (i.e., a violent and lawless place where there's no respect for life), I wonder what people make of the recent tragedies in the US. I'm no expert on Thai history, but I can't recall instances of mass shootings at schools or theatres in Thailand where the gunman's intent is simply to take as many innocent lives as possible. No society is perfect.

[khaowong1]

It's a crazy world and it seems to be getting crazier.. after what happened in Conn. at the school, this hardly made a blip on the radar screen.

[cdnvic]

Please refrain from bashing nationalities. Posts have been removed.

[timewilltell]

With all the Thai-bashing that goes on in these forums (i.e., a violent and lawless place where there's no respect for life), I wonder what people make of the recent tragedies in the US. I'm no expert on Thai history, but I can't recall instances of mass shootings at schools or theatres in Thailand where the gunman's intent is simply to take as many innocent lives as possible. No society is perfect.

Oh so if something is screwed up in another place in the world then it is somehow acceptable? How stupid and narrow minded

[geriatrickid]

With all the Thai-bashing that goes on in these forums (i.e., a violent and lawless place where there's no respect for life), I wonder what people make of the recent tragedies in the US. I'm no expert on Thai history, but I can't recall instances of mass shootings at schools or theatres in Thailand where the gunman's intent is simply to take as many innocent lives as possible. No society is perfect.

The kilings you reference are the work of two allegedly mentally ill young males. If anything, it highlights the position that mentally ill young males are more likely to engage in violent acts, than other demographic groups. If you want to lash out, then why not focus on the North American compassionate view that seeks to integrate the mentally ill and treat them as "normal" people. The western health system no longer forces those prone to violent acts to take medication that would control their violent tendancies, nor are such people incarcerated.

Had the mother of the Connecticut shooter not been murdered you could have asked her why she had so many guns in a home where she had an alleged mentally ill child. Gun control would not have prevented the Connecticut massacre, because the gun owner would have passed all the gun ownership criteria. The failure in this case was that a woman that should have known better had firearms in her home where an allegedly mentally ill male resided. In this case, it was a failure of an individual to act responsibly.

I write this as someone that is very much in favour of gun control and the restrictions of firearms.

[Docno]

With all the Thai-bashing that goes on in these forums (i.e., a violent and lawless place where there's no respect for life), I wonder what people make of the recent tragedies in the US. I'm no expert on Thai history, but I can't recall instances of mass shootings at schools or theatres in Thailand where the gunman's intent is simply to take as many innocent lives as possible. No society is perfect.

Oh so if something is screwed up in another place in the world then it is somehow acceptable? How stupid and narrow minded

Seems like you checked your logic at the door. Where in my post did I say or suggest violence of any sort was acceptable in any context? My comment was merely intended to highlight the hypocrisy sometimes evident here (to the effect that Thai society is somehow dysfunctional to a greater extent than our home countries).

[Docno]

With all the Thai-bashing that goes on in these forums (i.e., a violent and lawless place where there's no respect for life), I wonder what people make of the recent tragedies in the US. I'm no expert on Thai history, but I can't recall instances of mass shootings at schools or theatres in Thailand where the gunman's intent is simply to take as many innocent lives as possible. No society is perfect.

The kilings you reference are the work of two allegedly mentally ill young males. If anything, it highlights the position that mentally ill young males are more likely to engage in violent acts, than other demographic groups. If you want to lash out, then why not focus on the North American compassionate view that seeks to integrate the mentally ill and treat them as "normal" people. The western health system no longer forces those prone to violent acts to take medication that would control their violent tendancies, nor are such people incarcerated.

Had the mother of the Connecticut shooter not been murdered you could have asked her why she had so many guns in a home where she had an alleged mentally ill child. Gun control would not have prevented the Connecticut massacre, because the gun owner would have passed all the gun ownership criteria. The failure in this case was that a woman that should have known better had firearms in her home where an allegedly mentally ill male resided. In this case, it was a failure of an individual to act responsibly.

I write this as someone that is very much in favour of gun control and the restrictions of firearms.

Well, I guess that depends how you define 'gun control'. I live in Singapore and this would definitely not happen here. Why? Because civilians, under typical circumstances, are not permitted to keep guns in their houses. That is gun control. The US will never go that far, I know. But why not limit how many guns are owned (or can be kept at home vs stored at a gun range) and ban semi-automatics like the ones used in this shooting?

Yes, the mother is partly to blame for what happened in this instance... apparently she took the boy to shooting ranges as means of bonding with him. But the very fact that he had legal access to such firepower is also part of the problem.

[carmine]

With all the Thai-bashing that goes on in these forums (i.e., a violent and lawless place where there's no respect for life), I wonder what people make of the recent tragedies in the US. I'm no expert on Thai history, but I can't recall instances of mass shootings at schools or theatres in Thailand where the gunman's intent is simply to take as many innocent lives as possible. No society is perfect.

i think Thailand is still a violent and lawless place. It doesn't become a safe lawful place because of a crime happening elsewhere.

[F430murci]

With all the Thai-bashing that goes on in these forums (i.e., a violent and lawless place where there's no respect for life), I wonder what people make of the recent tragedies in the US. I'm no expert on Thai history, but I can't recall instances of mass shootings at schools or theatres in Thailand where the gunman's intent is simply to take as many innocent lives as possible. No society is perfect.

The problem I have with Thailand is corruption at the law enforcement and government level. Regardless as to what the uninformed might say, the justice system in the US is very even handed overall. In Thailand, you can kill a cop, kill nine people in accident and be sentenced to death and still be free if you know or pay the right people. People commit intoxicated vehicular homicide crimes, flee the scene and essentially escape both civil liability and criminal liability.

There are whack people in the US who commit crimes and unfortunately every one and their brother has a gun. People get angry, intoxicated or irrational and act upon such emotion with easy access to guns resulting in permanent outcomes which may have been temporary had guns nit been so readily available. In US, however, you commit a serious crime or take another's life, you will very likely pay the price with your freedom. US is much more prone to imposing personal responsibility for both criminal and civil acts.