Las Vegas Sun NewsCasino sued over shooting death in bathroom
Facebook
Fark
Digg
Reddit
StumbleTuesday
23 October 2012
12:33 p.m.
Stefon Clark
Sun Coverage
- Death penalty trial set in NLV casino restroom slaying (1-14-2011)
- Hearing delayed for man charged in North Las Vegas casino restroom slaying (11-19-2010)
- Hearing set for man accused in North Las Vegas casino restroom slaying (11-5-2010)
- Man to be charged Thursday in NLV casino restroom slaying (11-2-2010)
- Coroner IDs 3 killed in North Las Vegas shootings in 24 hours (10-25-2010)
- Man dies after shooting in North Las Vegas casino (10-23-2010)
Security was inadequate at a North Las Vegas casino when a patron was shot and killed during a 2010 robbery, family members of the victim allege in a new lawsuit.
The family of Mario De Jesus filed suit on Friday in Clark County District Court against the Opera House casino. They also sued the alleged shooter, Stefon Clark, whose murder trial is set to begin Nov. 13.
According to police, a witness reported being robbed of $200 on Oct. 22, 2010, in the casino restroom.
De Jesus then entered the restroom and was confronted by Clark, the witness said. After De Jesus said he had no money, Clark shot him multiple times, the witness said.
Security guards held Clark until police arrived and arrested him.
Friday’s lawsuit, filed by the Richard Harris Law Firm, says family members of De Jesus are entitled to unspecified damages from Clark after suffering extreme grief and sorrow because of the killing of De Jesus.
The suit says the Opera House failed to have adequate security in place, that it didn’t install video surveillance in the restrooms that could have detected and deterred criminal activity, and that the shooting was foreseeable “because of notice or knowledge of prior incidents of multiple similar wrongful acts.”
The wrongful death suit seeks unspecified damages against the Opera House.
Officials at the Opera House parent company, Fifth Street Gaming, said Tuesday that they could not comment on the suit as they generally don’t comment on pending litigation.
Share
Join the Discussion:
Previous Discussion:
Discussion 2 comments
Only trusted comments are displayed on this page. Untrusted comments have expired from this story.
Most Popular
- New Las Vegas Strip arena to cost $350 million
- Company preparing to sell tickets for Las Vegas party train
- Move over, NY-NY Roller Coaster: The Polercoaster is proposed for the Strip
- Genting planning art exhibits, dragon dancers — even before Resorts World opens
- Metro officer is relieved of duty after pleading guilty in drug case
I do agree that casinos have inadequate security to act as a deterent to criminal bewhavior. A lawsuit of this nature may serve as a wake up call to casinos that cutting back on service and employees should not compromise customer safety. I would never patronize a casino with inadequate security personnel on duty. As far as cameras in bathrooms, that would be an invasion of privacy. Focus on the entrances but not inside.
"didn't install video surveillance in the restrooms "
Your kidding me right? I can see attorneys having a field day with that one if it ever happened.
If someone had installed camera's in the shooters house then maybe someone could have stopped him before he left his house!
Only the casino is named is because they have money. This has nothing to do with justice.
the opera house sits on the corner of hell and purgatory. Mr. Dejesus was in alot of danger being anywhere near there. I understand the tacos are to die for...
Money makes it all better.
Cameras in the rest rooms. Leave it to an ambulance chaser to come up with that. Maybe the TSA should screen everyone before they can enter the potty.
Please publish the name of the lawyer so I can hire him because I want to sue a casino bathroom also because I was constipated and the bathroom was not conducive to having a bowel movement and it is their fault and I think they should pay me because I need the money. Yeah.
OMG Cameras in the washrooms, a lawyer actually said that?