Posted on 02/21/2006 8:35:22 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
LAS VEGAS – Police blasted out a 20th-story window and stormed a room at a Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino Tuesday, arresting a suspected gunman who authorities say killed another man and shot at police and a security guard during a six-hour standoff.
No shots were fired in the final assault on Room 2036 of Harrah's Carnaval Tower, as a SWAT team burst in around 7 a.m. and arrested Curtis Billy Bonilla, 22, of Las Vegas, police said.
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I was led to believe that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.
He had fired at the guard who answered the call for help.
Later he fired through the door at police.
They used the window being blown to storm the room and arrest him.
Except for the person he shot first, no one else was injured.
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