Las Vegas: Suspects in animal masks rob Bellagio store, send panicked guests fleeing

[TomSea]

Suspects in animal masks rob Bellagio store, send panicked guests fleeing
USA Today Network Trevor Hughes , USA TODAY Published 8:15 a.m. ET March 25, 2017 |

Las Vegas police are investigating a jewelry store robbery inside the Bellagio hotel-casino complex that sent frightened guests fleeing as masked suspects smashed glass windows with sledgehammers.

Police said three people wearing dress clothing — suits or tuxedoes — and animal masks smashed the windows, grabbed items from inside the store and fled.

“It is like a movie, it’s just crazy,” Las Vegas Metropolitan PD Lt. Carlos Hank told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Continued: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/25/gunshots-fired-burglary-store-bellagio-las-vegas/99615720/

Making the news rounds today, I'm glad no one was killed or it doesn't sound like anyone was hurt either.

[Applewood]

The Strip used to be extraordinarily safe, even at 2 am.   

Not anymore.