Suspect in casino shooting tried to cash bad check, police say

A information defender was changeable doubly astatine Sante Fe Station connected Thursday aft constabulary said a antheral attempted to currency a fake check.

Michael Kasper, 33, of Henderson was arrested Thursday charges of attempted murder, battery, being a prohibited idiosyncratic successful possession of a weapon and possession of a atrocious check, according to jailhouse records.

Kasper is suspected of trying to currency a fake metropolis of Las Vegas cheque for $1,981.76 astir 2:26 p.m. Thursday astatine the casino, 4949 N. Rancho Drive, according to an apprehension study from the Metropolitan Police Department. The cashier suspected it was a atrocious cheque based connected 2 akin fake checks she had seen alleging to beryllium from the metropolis recently.

A payroll idiosyncratic from the metropolis told the cashier that they had ne'er issued a cheque to Kasper. The cashier told constabulary that’s erstwhile she called a information defender to detain Kasper.

Witnesses told constabulary Kasper started warring with information and pulled retired a gun. While the information defender was trying to get Kasper connected the ground, helium fired 2 shots, striking the information guard, the study said.

Police said astatine the country that the information defender was taken to University Medical Center with nonlife-threatening injuries.

Kasper pleaded blameworthy successful 2007 to burglary and conspiracy to perpetrate a crime, according to District Court records. In 2009, Kasper pleaded blameworthy to felony charges of robbery and burglary with a deadly weapon. He was ordered to wage much than $5,000 successful restitution and service astatine slightest 2 years successful the Nevada Department of Corrections.

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