{"id":168374,"date":"2021-03-24T11:16:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T18:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=168374"},"modified":"2021-03-24T13:17:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T20:17:21","slug":"detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit’s Motor City Casino Parking Garage Alleged Shooter Faces Murder Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Detroit man is scheduled to appear in criminal court Wednesday for Sunday\u2019s fatal shooting in the Motor City Casino parking garage. Nicholas White, 27, is charged with first-degree murder and felony firearm charges, the Detroit News <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n

\"The
Detroit’s Motor City Casino shown above. Police have arrested a man for Sunday’s murder inside the property’s parking garage. (Image: Detroit Free Press<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Authorities also revealed the identity of the homicide victim. He is Kermit McCants, 25, of\u00a0 Clinton Township.<\/p>\n

The shooting occurred around 1:48 am on the second level of the Motor City Casino garage. It appears McCants got into a dispute with a 25-year-old woman, believed to be his girlfriend. Then, White joined the fracas and tried to intervene on behalf of the woman, Click on Detroit<\/em>, a local online site, reported.<\/p>\n

\n

As the confrontation unfolded, White repeatedly shot McCants while in the garage, police said. White allegedly sped away in a car after the shooting. Detroit police apprehended White at about 11:48 am Sunday in Detroit, MLive<\/em>, a regional online news site, reported.<\/p>\n

The victim was rushed to a local hospital for treatment of his wounds. But soon he was pronounced dead by doctors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

On Tuesday, White was formerly arrested. He is to be arraigned Wednesday in 36th District Court.<\/p>\n

White Faces Life in Prison<\/h2>\n

If convicted, White faces a sentence of up to life in prison, without the possibility of parole.<\/p>\n

On Sunday morning, Motor City Casino released a statement to WXYZ<\/em>, a local TV station, which said, \u201cThe security of our guests and employees is our top priority.<\/p>\n

Nationally<\/a>, parking garages and lots at gaming properties were frequently the location of violent crimes in the past year, according to a report from Casino.org<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Detroit Casinos See Recent 29 Percent Drop in Wins<\/h2>\n

Overall, Detroit\u2019s three casinos collectively won close to $86.4 million in February. That\u2019s a 29 percent year-over-year decline.<\/p>\n

The February gross gaming revenue<\/a> (GGR) statement provided by the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) includes wins on brick-and-mortar slots and table games. It also includes money won from in-person retail sports betting.<\/strong><\/p>\n

MGM reported GGR of $34.4 million for February. Motor City saw $31.2 million. Greektown was third at $20.8 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Detroit man is scheduled to appear in criminal court Wednesday for Sunday\u2019s fatal shooting in the Motor City Casino parking garage. Nicholas White, 27, is charged with first-degree murder and felony firearm charges, the Detroit News reported. Authorities also revealed the identity of the homicide victim. He is Kermit McCants, 25, of\u00a0 Clinton Township. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":168381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMotor City Casino Parking Garage Alleged Shooter Faces Murder Charge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A man is to appear in court Wednesday for Sunday\u2019s murder in Detroit's Motor City Casino garage.\u00a0Nicholas White, 27, faces two charges.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Motor City Casino Parking Garage Alleged Shooter Faces Murder Charge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A man is to appear in court Wednesday for Sunday\u2019s murder in Detroit's Motor City Casino garage.\u00a0Nicholas White, 27, faces two charges.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-24T18:16:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-03-24T20:17:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Detroit-casino.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1999\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1125\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ed Silverstein\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgedsilv\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ed Silverstein\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge\/\",\"name\":\"Motor City Casino Parking Garage Alleged Shooter Faces Murder Charge\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Detroit-casino.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-24T18:16:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-24T20:17:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e\"},\"description\":\"A man is to appear in court Wednesday for Sunday\u2019s murder in Detroit's Motor City Casino garage.\u00a0Nicholas White, 27, faces two charges.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Detroit-casino.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Detroit-casino.jpg\",\"width\":1999,\"height\":1125},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Detroit’s Motor City Casino Parking Garage Alleged Shooter Faces Murder Charge\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e\",\"name\":\"Ed Silverstein\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Ed Silverstein\"},\"description\":\"Ed Silverstein is a senior reporter covering gambling law and crime news for Casino.org. Ed is an award-winning journalist with credits ranging from the Associated Press to American Lawyer Media. Ed joined the Casino.org news team in 2019 after decades of experience in legal reporting. His past reporting and editing assignments include Cowles Business Media, Columbia University Press, the Connecticut Post, and Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc. Besides the law and its application to the gaming industry, Ed\u2019s areas of expertise span business, politics, education, and state and local government. Ed holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and master\u2019s degrees from Harvard and Yale. His professional awards include recognition from the New England Press Association and New England AP News Executives. Ed currently resides in Connecticut, where he enjoys photography and bowling in his spare time. Contact Ed at ed.silverstein@casino.org.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/ed-silverstein\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgedsilv\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/ed-silverstein\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Motor City Casino Parking Garage Alleged Shooter Faces Murder Charge","description":"A man is to appear in court Wednesday for Sunday\u2019s murder in Detroit's Motor City Casino garage.\u00a0Nicholas White, 27, faces two charges.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Motor City Casino Parking Garage Alleged Shooter Faces Murder Charge","og_description":"A man is to appear in court Wednesday for Sunday\u2019s murder in Detroit's Motor City Casino garage.\u00a0Nicholas White, 27, faces two charges.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2021-03-24T18:16:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-03-24T20:17:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1999,"height":1125,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Detroit-casino.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ed Silverstein","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@casinoorgedsilv","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ed Silverstein","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge\/","name":"Motor City Casino Parking Garage Alleged Shooter Faces Murder Charge","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Detroit-casino.jpg","datePublished":"2021-03-24T18:16:16+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-24T20:17:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e"},"description":"A man is to appear in court Wednesday for Sunday\u2019s murder in Detroit's Motor City Casino garage.\u00a0Nicholas White, 27, faces two charges.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Detroit-casino.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Detroit-casino.jpg","width":1999,"height":1125},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motor-city-casino-parking-garage-alleged-shooter-faces-murder-charge\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Detroit’s Motor City Casino Parking Garage Alleged Shooter Faces Murder Charge"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e","name":"Ed Silverstein","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png","caption":"Ed Silverstein"},"description":"Ed Silverstein is a senior reporter covering gambling law and crime news for Casino.org. Ed is an award-winning journalist with credits ranging from the Associated Press to American Lawyer Media. Ed joined the Casino.org news team in 2019 after decades of experience in legal reporting. His past reporting and editing assignments include Cowles Business Media, Columbia University Press, the Connecticut Post, and Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc. Besides the law and its application to the gaming industry, Ed\u2019s areas of expertise span business, politics, education, and state and local government. Ed holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and master\u2019s degrees from Harvard and Yale. His professional awards include recognition from the New England Press Association and New England AP News Executives. Ed currently resides in Connecticut, where he enjoys photography and bowling in his spare time. Contact Ed at ed.silverstein@casino.org.","sameAs":["https:\/\/muckrack.com\/ed-silverstein","https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgedsilv"],"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/ed-silverstein\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}