KLAS<\/em> said.<\/p>\nThe lounge is located on East Sahara Avenue, close to the Strip. The lounge is about a mile from the Sahara Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
Deadly Incident<\/h2>\n
The shootings started in what was described as the lounge\u2019s VIP area, KLAS<\/em> said. It included couches, booths, and tables, the report said. Police found 25 cartridge cases there.<\/p>\nThe bullets damaged walls, a table, and couches, according to KLAS<\/em>. The incident began as a birthday party, with violence erupting following a dispute.<\/p>\n\n
One partygoer, identified as Demetreus Beard, 33, died at the crime scene from multiple gunshot wounds. Some 13 people, including Wilson, were wounded. Wilson later claimed in court he was shot six times. He appeared in court sitting in a wheelchair.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
At least one person in the lounge that night was a known gang member, KLAS<\/em> said. Many partygoers ran out of the lounge when the gunfire began, police said.<\/p>\nThe shootings are believed to be the incident with the most casualties in the Las Vegas Valley since the 2017 mass shooting at the Mandalay Bay<\/a> hotel. That day, Stephen Paddock fired upon the large crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Recently released details about last month\u2019s shooting spree at a Las Vegas hookah lounge revealed that several people had firearms with them that night. So far, just one has been charged in the incident, which left one person dead and 13 injured. In total, at least two dozen rounds of ammunition were fired on Feb. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":205356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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