At least Two people died and three were injured, in addition to the alleged attacker arrested, by the shooting This Monday at Casino and Hotel Grand Sierra Resort de Nevada (USA), local authorities of the city of Reno reported near the border with California.
Mayor Hillary Schieve and councilor Dewon Reese reported that number of victims to Reno Gazette Journal, while the health officer of the Northern District of Nevada, Chad Kingsley, shared the data to the CNN chain, although identities are not yet revealed.
The investigation “It is at a very early stage and the details are scarce”the mayor said on her social networks.
The shooting began at 7:25 hours of the local time (16:25 GMT) in the parking area of the hotel complex, said the head of the Reno Police Department, Kathryn Nance, who reported the arrest of the suspect, who only identified as an adult man, but warned that details are still missing.
“New officers responded and arrived at the scene in a matter of minutes, within four to five minutes we had the localized shooter”he declared in an improvised press conference.
The Police Department reiterated that “the suspect is in custody without representing a threat to the community.”
The governor of Nevada, Joe Lombardo, promised that the Department of Public Security will support the Washoe County Sheriff and the Reno Police Department with the investigation.
The authorities have not offered more details of the incidentas the mobile of the crime or the identity of the alleged responsible.
The United States has registered at least 249 mass shootings, in which at least four people receive shooting without counting the attacker, so far from 2025, according to the civil organization Gun Violence Archive.
