Shooting in Black Hawk Hotel

[GilpinGuy]

LINK (http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_25938366/denver-woman-arrested-fatal-shooting-at-isle-hotel)

(http://denver.cbslocal.com/2014/06/10/suspect-arrested-after-man-shot-to-death-in-black-hawk-hotel/)Interesting....guns are not allowed in ANY of the casinos up here. How could this have happened?

I actually recognize this woman. Bad press for the Isle.

Woman Arrested After Man Shot To Death In Black Hawk Hotel

BLACK HAWK, Colo. (CBS4) – A suspect is in custody after a shooting death in Black Hawk.
The shooting happened Tuesday morning inside a room at the Isle Hotel and Casino. Tony Velasquez, 26, from Thornton, was killed after being shot in the head.

An acquaintance of Velasquez, identified by police as Colleen Marie Loris, 43, was booked into the Gilpin County Jail late Tuesday afternoon for second-degree murder and other charges related to the incident.

Police said there were several other people in the room when the 911 call came in around 6 a.m. They were held for questioning for most of the day.

One police officer told CBS4′s Jeff Todd that she’s been working in Black Hawk 12 years and it’s the first homicide case.

[Dave]

Are they not allowed by state law or are they just places that say we don't like guns? I don't remember the casinos there being mentioned as off limits in my CCW class.

[GilpinGuy]

Are they not allowed by state law or are they just places that say we don't like guns? I don't remember the casinos there being mentioned as off limits in my CCW class.

They are private property and all are "anti" up here.

[Irving]

I was up there the night the cops shot a guy in the parking garage of, I think, the Lodge.

[TheWeeze]

They are private property and all are "anti" up here.
Not saying I necessarily agree, but I can understand their thought process behind it. There is A LOT of money in a casino. Better to say no guns than worry about every patron that walks by a money cart after they lost their months rent.

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[hurley842002]

Not saying I necessarily agree, but I can understand their thought process behind it. There is A LOT of money in a casino. Better to say no guns than worry about every patron that walks by a money cart after they lost their months rent.

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Failed logic....

[TheWeeze]

Failed logic....
You're right. I'm just trying to think from their perspective as opposed to my own.

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[USMC_5-Echo]

LINK (http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_25938366/denver-woman-arrested-fatal-shooting-at-isle-hotel)
(http://denver.cbslocal.com/2014/06/10/suspect-arrested-after-man-shot-to-death-in-black-hawk-hotel/)Interesting....guns are not allowed in ANY of the casinos up here. How could this have happened?

This sucks but it goes back to the statement that just because something is off limits or illegal that doesn't mean that criminals are going to follow the law.

[GilpinGuy]

I was up there the night the cops shot a guy in the parking garage of, I think, the Lodge.

I was working that night - at the Lodge actually. The shooting was right across the street at Golden Gates and I saw some of the action from the window (not the actual shooting but the frenzy surrounding it).

The story goes that the genius robbed a small casino in Central City (Dostal Alley IIRC) then came down to Black Hawk to play blackjack at Golden Gates. Of course the police heard he was there. When he spotted the police he ran into the parking garage with the police chasing him. Genius pulled a gun on a cop - thankfully it jammed. Police then plugged the bastard. Sadly, he didn't turn into worm food though.

Note to theives: casinos are about the last place you'll want to rob. Hundreds of cameras cover every single inch of the place, especially where the money is held. Within minutes of a crime the police can electronically send a picture of your happy ass to every surveillance room in the city with a "CONTACT PD IMMEDIATELLY" note attached to it.

I've had d-bags steal $5 from someone in our casino and they were found within minutes in another casino in town. Pretty impressive, really. The Gaming Officers in this State do not f-around.

[BPTactical]

Odd, I had a gent I knew off himself with a .357 in a hotel room up there a few years ago and it never made the press.

[Big E3]

I've been walking through the doors at the casino's for years and have never noticed a sign at the doors saying no guns. I guess I should either stop carrying or stop going, most likely the latter. I don't understand businesses that have decided to take on the liability for my safety in there parking lots and streets to get to and from my car. This is the last year for Rockies tickets (12 years), already tired of getting wand and searched to get in. I don't feel a bit safe being unable to protect my family when walking dark streets to my car. I can't wait for the law suit brought against a huge business like a casino or MLB for taking away there legal right to protect themselves and something serious happens to them that could have been prevented with a CCW.

[KevDen2005]

Note to theives: casinos are about the last place you'll want to rob. Hundreds of cameras cover every single inch of the place, especially where the money is held. Within minutes of a crime the police can electronically send a picture of your happy ass to every surveillance room in the city with a "CONTACT PD IMMEDIATELLY" note attached to it.

I've had d-bags steal $5 from someone in our casino and they were found within minutes in another casino in town. Pretty impressive, really. The Gaming Officers in this State do not f-around.


Have you not seen Ocean's Eleven? It can be done.

[sniper7]

Or oceans 12 or 13.

its obviously easy with the right skillset.

[GilpinGuy]

Have you not seen Ocean's Eleven? It can be done.

If anyone has a spare EMP, I can reveal a few secrets for a cut of the action. [LOL]

[Ronin13]

I've been walking through the doors at the casino's for years and have never noticed a sign at the doors saying no guns. I guess I should either stop carrying or stop going, most likely the latter. I don't understand businesses that have decided to take on the liability for my safety in there parking lots and streets to get to and from my car. This is the last year for Rockies tickets (12 years), already tired of getting wand and searched to get in. I don't feel a bit safe being unable to protect my family when walking dark streets to my car. I can't wait for the law suit brought against a huge business like a casino or MLB for taking away there legal right to protect themselves and something serious happens to them that could have been prevented with a CCW.
Yeah, jeez, those pesky private property rights. Honestly, businesses shouldn't be able to run how they want! [facepalm]

[Ronin13]

Have you not seen Ocean's Eleven? It can be done.
Forget the Ocean's films, have you seen 3,000 Miles to Graceland? That had a pretty awesome casino heist scene.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWT_MX3HHJE

[spqrzilla]

Same shotgun that Jim Zubiena used in Miami Vice episode "Hitlist"

[kidicarus13]

Same as in Terminator and the rest of these movies... http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Franchi_SPAS-12

[rbeau30]

ooooo Franchi SPAS 12. That is on my firearm bucket list.

45953

"Clever Girl"

[ChunkyMonkey]

Cougar Bites!

[BPTactical]

SPAS 12
Great way to throw money away on a way overpriced pile of garbage.

[UrbanWolf]

Why is every homicide with a gun nowdays been made to sounds like a mass shooting?

[rbeau30]

SPAS 12
Great way to throw money away on a way overpriced pile of garbage.


Yeah, but it looks awesome.