The response is over the top, and that’s OK. “Ultimately it was not really an active shooter incident. “It was an isolated incident originally was reported as an active shooter incident, which prompted the massive response,” Coverley said. “Tautaupale was arrested for DUI by the California Hwy Patrol.”īoth individuals were booked into the EDSO jail in South Lake Tahoe. “Delgado was arrested for open murder by the El Dorado Sheriff’s Office at our request,” Coverley said. “The vehicle was located and stopped by the El Dorado Sheriff’s Office on Highway 50 near Sierra at Tahoe.Įdgar Julian Delgado, 24 and Savannah Racquel Tautaupale, 26, were arrested at gunpoint, according to the Sheriff’s Office. “A description of the suspect and his associated vehicle was provided by Hard Rock Security and Surveillance,” the sheriff said. He was the only victim.ĭeputies responded to the hotel at 8:11 a.m. The victim was identified as Omar Reyes Garcia, 32, who was found near the Center Bar with a gunshot wound to the head.
The shooting appeared to be the result of an argument, Sheriff Dan Coverley said at a press conference conducted at Stateline. Update: A man was shot and killed on the casino floor of the Hard Rock Casino & Hotel on Saturday morning.
