Details still sketchy......stabbing death at the valet. Also a stabbing death at the Grandview. Not yet known if they are related. Can 2020 get any goofier?
Edited on Oct 4, 2020 7:34pm
Details still sketchy......stabbing death at the valet. Also a stabbing death at the Grandview. Not yet known if they are related. Can 2020 get any goofier?
Latest is that death at SP was not a stabbing, but rather security shooting an armed man. The man, described as possibly homeless entered SP several times carrying a gun. Finally, security stopped him, and he was fatally shot by security.
Earlier in the day, a man died in a stabbing at the Grandview next to SP. Should be more details by morning.
Well, iffen dat don't prove dat gunz make youze safer, ah don't know what duz!
I stay at the South Point every trip I make to Vegas. I, for one, like knowing that they employ armed security and that security will deal with criminals in a prompt and appropriate manner.
"Murder" is not the appropriate words to describe what happened.
These were isolated incidents. People overreact. In particular, when two unusual things happen in quick succession, they attribute them to some kind of trend.
Casino security is neither equipped nor legally empowered to "deal with criminals." When they try to act as pseudo-cops, things only get worse. They should try to contain situations if possible and call Metro.
What my husband would call a "self-correcting error" on the part of the homeless man, at South Point.
But, to Kevin's point, Bellagio Security people no longer carry guns. Not worth it if customers or employees get harmed in a shooting, or so the reasoning goes. I agree. I hate that there is one loaded gun in our house and I continue to lobby the husband to get rid of it. Those things, e.g. shooting at an intruder, seldom end well. Even if the perp is taken down, and not the homeowner nor his wife nor his children, there has to be residual misery from those events. Like being sued later by the perp's dope-smoking, warrant evading brother in law. Not to mention the psychological damage.
I wonder about "the rest of the story" at South Point. Was Security using a South Point issued weapon? How was it the man was not stopped and cops called the first time? And entered several times carrying a gun? Hmmm.
Originally posted by: O2bnVegas
What my husband would call a "self-correcting error" on the part of the homeless man, at South Point.
But, to Kevin's point, Bellagio Security people no longer carry guns. Not worth it if customers or employees get harmed in a shooting, or so the reasoning goes. I agree. I hate that there is one loaded gun in our house and I continue to lobby the husband to get rid of it. Those things, e.g. shooting at an intruder, seldom end well. Even if the perp is taken down, and not the homeowner nor his wife nor his children, there has to be residual misery from those events. Like being sued later by the perp's dope-smoking, warrant evading brother in law. Not to mention the psychological damage.
I wonder about "the rest of the story" at South Point. Was Security using a South Point issued weapon? How was it the man was not stopped and cops called the first time? And entered several times carrying a gun? Hmmm.
My understanding is that he was actually wielding the gun and it went off. Allegedly he told security he was trying to clean it or something. They allegedly pleaded with him and went to great lengths to deescalate.
The stabbing next door at Grandview was not related to the shooting at South Point. Different perp. Not much details.
Originally posted by: O2bnVegas
What my husband would call a "self-correcting error" on the part of the homeless man, at South Point.
But, to Kevin's point, Bellagio Security people no longer carry guns. Not worth it if customers or employees get harmed in a shooting, or so the reasoning goes. I agree. I hate that there is one loaded gun in our house and I continue to lobby the husband to get rid of it. Those things, e.g. shooting at an intruder, seldom end well. Even if the perp is taken down, and not the homeowner nor his wife nor his children, there has to be residual misery from those events. Like being sued later by the perp's dope-smoking, warrant evading brother in law. Not to mention the psychological damage.
I wonder about "the rest of the story" at South Point. Was Security using a South Point issued weapon? How was it the man was not stopped and cops called the first time? And entered several times carrying a gun? Hmmm.
Candy, maybe your husband doesn't know, or doesn't care, that the number of times a homeowner gits out his GUNZ and thwarts an evil intruder are absolutely dwarfed---as in, by several orders of magnitude---by the number of times someone in the house is killed by those GUNZ.
It makes people feel safer, or more manly, or something, to have that shootin' iron handy and git th' drop on that varmint and shoot 'im full o' holes. But the reality is that said intruder is likely to be armed, is fully awake and alert, and is probably is much better physical shape than you who are trying to sneak downstairs in your pajamas after just having been suddenly woken up. The chances of you winning the hypothetical (or--hoped-for?) GUNZ battle are not good.
Having a phone by one's bedside is a much, much better defensive tool. And no one has ever died by having their phone accidentally go off. Of course, you know all this. Perhaps you should try to convince hubby that his home security weaponry is actually far worse than useless.
