Suspect In Reno Casino Triple Shooting Had No Known Connection To Victims

The fishy alleged to person opened occurrence astatine a Reno, Nevada, casino connected Monday was identified arsenic a section man pinch nary known connections to his victims, constabulary said Tuesday.

The dormant were identified by Sparks, Nevada, constabulary arsenic Southern California residents Andrew Canepa and Justin Aguila, some 33, and northwest Nevada resident Angel Martinez, 66.

Aguila and Canepa were successful Sparks for a bachelor party, constabulary said successful a statement. They were some changeable from down astatine Grand Sierra Resort while waiting successful nan valet area for a thrust to Reno-Tahoe International Airport, nan constabulary section said.

An interrogator walks past constabulary vehicles during an analyse into a shooting astatine GSR Casino successful Reno, Nev., connected Tuesday.KCRA

Jeff Gorell, a Ventura County, California, supervisor and erstwhile lawman politician of Los Angeles, said connected Facebook that Canepa was a co-owner of Side Street Café successful nan Newbury Park community, astir 40 miles west-northwest of downtown Los Angeles.

Gorell described Canepa arsenic nan begetter of a young boy and a "kind soul."

"We will miss seeing his lukewarm beingness astatine nan edifice and are profoundly saddened by this loss," he said.

Martinez was ambushed successful nan venue's parking batch arsenic he drove distant from nan casino, Sparks constabulary said. The gunman was hiding down a conveyance earlier emerging to unfastened fire, it said.

Three others were injured successful nan shooting, pinch 1 treated astatine a infirmary and released and 2 remaining nether aesculapian attraction Tuesday but expected to recover, according to nan constabulary department.

The suspected shooter was identified arsenic Dakota Hawver, a 26-year-old from adjacent Reno pinch nary criminal aliases intelligence history of note, constabulary said.

Police guidelines adjacent grounds markers arsenic they analyse a shooting astatine GSR Casino successful Reno, Nev., connected Tuesday.KCRA

"Investigators person not recovered immoderate connections to nan Grand Sierra Resort aliases immoderate of nan victims, and his motive is unknown," constabulary said.

The attack, reported Monday conscionable earlier 7:30 a.m., unfolded arsenic a gunman connected ft and equipped pinch a legally purchased 9 mm semiautomatic handgun opened occurrence connected group gathered adjacent nan venue's valet stand, constabulary said.

The shooter's limb apparently jammed, but only briefly, Sparks Police Chief Chris Crawforth said Monday.

As nan gunman left, he changeable astatine a information defender who returned fire, constabulary said. When officers arrived, he exchanged gunfire pinch them and was critically injured, constabulary said.

The fishy remained hospitalized connected Tuesday, Sparks constabulary said.

The section has launched an investigation into nan onslaught and immoderate imaginable motive.

Grand Sierra Resort, a high-rise edifice and casino that often books apical touring euphony and drama acts, did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.