LAS VEGAS — The man who apparently shot and killed himself in a busy Easter Sunday buffet line at a suburban Las Vegas casino had a lengthy dispute with managers at the resort and had been banned from the business.
The death set off panic at the M Resort Spa and Casino in Henderson as people dined at the packed Easter buffet around 5 p.m. Sunday.
Police said a 53-year-old man was found dead with an apparent self-inflicted wound and that a car fire in the parking garage is linked to the shooting.
Marina Rizk, a 21-year-old college student from Los Angeles, said in a telephone interview she was with three people that evening and had waited an hour to get into the buffet. They had just finished eating and were outside of the restaurant when people shouted about a man with a gun in the line.
"There were people in Easter dresses," she said.
Rizk described a chaotic scene. As she ran out of the casino, she said she warned others before going to hide in the bushes outside.
"I remember this one little boy. I remember telling the family, 'Get the baby. Run. There's a guy with a gun," she said.
No one else was shot but two people suffered minor injuries. One person was taken to the hospital after a fall and another was checked out at the scene. The casino did not return multiple phone calls and an email from The Associated Press.
