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Gunman Fires Shots Inside New York, New York Casino

Where: 3790 Las Vegas Boulevard [map], Las Vegas, nv, United States, 89109

Nothing like a bit of hotel crime to start off the day. Las Vegas Police say that just after midnight last night, a local man fired several rounds into the mezzanine area of the New York, New York Hotel Casino, injuring three people.

The suspect was eventually subdued by bystanders and security guards.

The man entered the casino from a Las Vegas Boulevard walkway connecting the New York-New York to the MGM Grand hotel and casino about 12:45 a.m. and opened fire with a handgun, randomly shooting at people on the casino floor below, authorities said.

"This is a very rare incident," [an official] said. "It seems like some local guy who snapped and went to the hotel to do it."

The police credit three off-duty, out-of-town police officers and two members of the military for helping to subdue the suspect who is now in custody. The injured were taken to the hospital with non life-threatening wounds.

This marks the second big scare for The Strip this year after a bomb exploded in the parking lot of the Luxor, killing one.

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