Caesars Palace - live: ‘Armed’ man captured and hostage saved as SWAT team raids Las Vegas hotel room
A standoff between a hostile man with a hostage and Las Vegas police is over.
A SWAT team was able to arrest a man barricaded in the famous Caesars Palace hotel-casino on Tuesday afternoon, while rescuing a female hostage.
The man, who claimed he was armed, had spent the morning throwing large objects out of the window of his hotel room, sending guests on the pool deck running for cover.
The woman held inside the room with the man is apparently unharmed.
Bystander video showed broken glass and debris littering various decks at the Caesars.
Police have not said whether any guns were found at the scene of the standoff.
The incident briefly triggered worries there could be another mass shooting on the Strip, after a gunman killed 58 people from his Vegas hotel room in 2017.
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‘Business as usual’ on floor of Caesars after standoff
01:19 , Josh Marcus
The air of panic at Caesars Palace has dissipated after police this afternoon captured a man holding a woman hostage inside his room and throwing furniture out the window.
“In the casino, it’s business as usual,” according to Associated Press writer John Marshall, who was on vacation with his family at the hotel-casino where the standoff took place.
No evidence of guns inside hotel room, despite man’s claims
Wednesday 12 July 2023 00:35 , Josh Marcus
Police have so far discovered no evidence of guns inside a room in the Caesars Palace where a man was holding a woman hostage, despite the assailant’s claims that he was armed, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
Las Vegas SWAT team captures man who held hostage in Caesars Palace hotel room after tense standoff
Wednesday 12 July 2023 00:09 , Josh Marcus
Las Vegas police have arrested a man who was barricaded inside a Caesars Palace hotel room with a female hostage, ending a standoff that spanned most of the day.
“SWAT made entry into the hotel room and has taken the subject into custody,” the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said on Tuesday in a statement on Twitter. “The female who was also in the room is safe and with officers.”
Earlier in the day, the man, who claimed he was armed, “forcibly” dragged the woman into his room, according to the LVMPD.
The assailant was seen throwing large pieces of room furniture out of a broken window in his 21st-floor room.
More details in our full story.
Las Vegas SWAT team captures man who held hostage in Caesars Palace hotel room
Vegas police capture barricaded man and rescue hostage
Tuesday 11 July 2023 23:46 , Josh Marcus
A standoff between police and a man barricaded with a hostage inside a Las Vegas hotel is over.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said on Tuesday afternoon a SWAT team entered the room in the Caesars Palace where the man was hiding, capturing the suspect and rescuing a woman who police said was forcibly dragged into the room earlier in the day.
“There will be a large police presence with vehicles as this investigation continues and units disperse,” the LVMPD said on Tuesday on Twitter.
#BREAKING 2:46 p.m.: SWAT made entry into the hotel room and has taken the subject into custody. The female who was also in the room is safe and with officers. There will be a large police presence with vehicles as this investigation continues and units disperse.
— LVMPD (@LVMPD) July 11, 2023
New details emerge about Vegas hostage situation
Tuesday 11 July 2023 23:45 , Josh Marcus
Slowly but surely, new details are arriving about the ongoing hostage standoff unfolding in Las Vegas.
The hostile man who forcibly took a woman hostage in his room at the Caesars palace is located on the 21st floor of the famed casino.
Police SWAT officers have control of the immediate area around the room, and guests on other floors weren’t evacuated or told to restrict their movements, according to The Associated Press.
Video shows broken glass on balcony of Vegas hotel as standoff continues
Tuesday 11 July 2023 23:15 , Josh Marcus
Dramatic video shows the damage from the ongoing standoff between police and a hostile man barricaded in a room at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
News 3 Las Vegas reporter Brett Forrest captured a video of broken glass and other debtris litering a balcony at the famed hotel, detritus from the angry hostage-taker bunkered in the tower above, who has been throwing furniture out of a broken window.
Down below, guests have been evacuated from the Caesars pool.
You can see some of the broken glass and debris from the hotel room here overlooking the pool. pic.twitter.com/AfQI9w1ZYD
— Brett Forrest (@brettforrest89) July 11, 2023
ICYMI: Armed man barricades himself in room at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas as SWAT teams descend
Tuesday 11 July 2023 22:45 , Josh Marcus
A man who says he is armed has barricaded himself in a room at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, police say, where the individual is holding a female hostage.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said they received a complaint of a domestic disturbance at around 9.15am on Tuesday.
When they arrived at the hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, the man refused to come out and told officers he was armed, police said.
Vegas police said the man pulled a woman into his room “by force” and that she remains inside.
“She is still in the room at this time,” a police spokesman said on Tuesday morning during a press update. “The female has been heard from and is still OK.”
Bevan Hurley has the story.
Armed man barricades himself in room at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas
Caesars Palace ‘aware’ of hostage situation inside hotel
Tuesday 11 July 2023 22:17 , Josh Marcus
Caesars Palace says it is aware of the unfolding standoff inside of its Las Vegas casino-hotel.
“We are aware of the security incident at Caesars Palace,” Caesars Entertainment told Fox5 Vegas. “Our team is cooperating fully with law enforcement officers on scene who are handling the investigation.”
WATCH: Dramatic footage shows man in standoff tossing furniture out of hotel window
Tuesday 11 July 2023 21:45 , Josh Marcus
Police are still locked in a standoff with a man barricaded inside a Las Vegas hotel room with a hostage.
He was filmed throwing objects out of his room in the Caesars Palace hotel-casino.
‘Oh my god!’: Video captures guests at Caesars pool running as standoff continues
Tuesday 11 July 2023 21:25 , Josh Marcus
The man holed up inside a Las Vegas hotel room is causing chaos at the pool below.
Police said the as-of-yet-unnamed individual broke a window and was throwing objects from his room out the window, including chairs.
Bystander video, shared with KTNV, shows guests at the Caesars Palace running in fear as the standoff continues.
A guest visiting Caesars Palace from Appleton, Wisconsin shared this video with Channel 13 showing the pool area being evacuated. She said it also looked like a window had been knocked out.
[🎥: Emma Snyder]
READ MORE: https://t.co/UxLzcfKIEL pic.twitter.com/xbYbO7KO3X— KTNV 13 Las Vegas (@KTNV) July 11, 2023
News cameras capture fleeting glimpse of man barricaded in Vegas hotel room
Tuesday 11 July 2023 21:13 , Josh Marcus
Little is known about the man who barricaded himself inside the Caesars Palace hotel and casino this morning in Las Vegas.
However, a news camera from Fox 5 caught a brief glimpse of the man as he threw objects out the window of the building.
He appeared to be a young white man in shorts and yellow baseball cap.
Woman stuck inside room with hostile man, police say
Tuesday 11 July 2023 20:23 , Josh Marcus
The ongoing standoff in Las Vegas began when a man pulled a woman into his room at the Caesars Palace “by force,” according to police.
During a brief media update on Tuesday, a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson said a SWAT team is “in control of the situation, which is isolated to that room in the tower.”
“There are negotiators talking to the subject, trying to get him out,” the official added. “The female has been heard from and is still OK.”
Police added that no weapons have been seen and no shots have been fired, though the barricaded man has thrown objects out of his window.
This isn’t the first major incident at a Las Vegas casino in recent years
Tuesday 11 July 2023 20:13 , Josh Marcus
Six years ago, another high-risk situation took place a Las Vegas casino just down the street from where a potential armed man is barricaded in the Caesars Palace casino.
In 2017, gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire using an arsenal of high-powered weapons from a room in the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino, killing 58 people and wounding hundreds in the deadliest shooting in modern US history.
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Bystander says someone ‘throwing objects’ out of Caesars building
Tuesday 11 July 2023 19:43 , Josh Marcus
Someone has broken a window on the Caesars Palace building and is throwing objects out, according to a bystander.
At #CaesarsPalace and someone has busted out a window and is throwing objects out. Security seems concerned that they may have a gun. #lasvegas pic.twitter.com/v12nLHigqE
— Alyssa Hellman (@AVHellman) July 11, 2023
No official confirmation has been given over whether the apparent incident is related to the ongoing standoff at the hotel.
Armed man barricades himself in room at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas as SWAT teams descend
Tuesday 11 July 2023 19:28 , Josh Marcus
An armed man has barricaded himself in a room at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said they received a complaint of a domestic disturbance at around 9.15am on Tuesday morning.
When they arrived at the hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, the man refused to come out and told officers he was armed, police said.
SWAT teams and crisis negotiators have been sent to the hotel on the 3500 block of South Las Vegas Boulevard.
Bevan Hurley is following all the latest developments for The Independent.
Armed man barricades himself in room at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas
What have police said so far about the Vegas standoff?
Tuesday 11 July 2023 19:26 , Josh Marcus
Details are scant about an ongoing standoff in Las Vegas.
Here’s what we know so far from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
“A male refused to open the door and stated he was armed,” police wrote on Twitter. “SWAT and Crisis Negotiators are enroute. Please avoid the area and watching for numerous emergency vehicles.”
The department also stated the location of the situation was the 3500 Block of South Las Vegas Boulevard, the site of Caesars Palace.
A male refused to open the door and stated he was armed. SWAT and Crisis Negotiators are enroute. Please avoid the area and watching for numerous emergency vehicles.
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Location: 3500 Block of South Las Vegas Boulevard— LVMPD (@LVMPD) July 11, 2023
A standoff in Las Vegas
Tuesday 11 July 2023 19:23 , Josh Marcus
Good morning and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of a developing standoff in Las Vegas, Nevada, where a man claiming he’s armed has barricaded himself inside the Caesars Palace hotel and casino.
We’ll be following all the latest news and updates.
