According to several media reports, a lone gunman opened fired on a double-decker bus right outside the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas yesterday. The Chicago Cubs players and team personnel are staying in that hotel for a two-game series against the Reds. The Cubs routinely make the trip to Cashman field and have recorded 18 sellouts over the last 12 seasons.
"Two people were taken to the hospital after the shooting, University Medical Center spokeswoman Danita Cohen said. One died, and the other was in fair condition, Cohen said. That person suffered minor injuries, police said.
According to top10casinowebsites.net, Former NBA player Scot Pollard, who was also staying at the Cosmopolitan, told The Associated Press by phone that he was at a bar at the hotel-casino around 11 a.m. when he saw several people, including staff, running through the area toward the casino and repeatedly screaming "get out of the way." After he was told that the area would be closed, he went back to his room, which oversees the Strip." (Sports Illustrated)
Adam Nissen, Cubs analyst for Sports Mockery is also in Vegas working a credential for our media organization. He missed this situation by 20 minutes when returning to the hotel after getting something to eat.
"The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Cubs players boarded two buses minutes after the shooting took place, just prior to the ensuing police lockdown. The Cubs later played the Reds nearby. The shooter was arrested during the game."
The unidentified suspect was described by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police as a local resident in his 50s. Assistant Sheriff Tom Roberts said the man behaved as if he had “some mental issues” as SWAT team negotiators tried to coax him out of the bus after most of the passengers had streamed off it.
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