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PD: Armed suspect arrested after police respond to robbery at Hollywood Casino

PD: Armed suspect arrested after police respond to robbery at Hollywood Casino
THE WAY WITH BREAKING NEWS, AND THAT BREAKING NEWS. AN ARMED ROBBERY SENDING A CASINO INTO CHAOS TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT 11. I’M CURTIS FULLER AND I’M LINDSAY STONE. NOW POLICE CONFIRMING ONE MAN IS UNDER ARREST. ANOTHER PERSON IS INJURED. ALL OF THIS HAPPENING AT THE HOLLYWOOD CASINO IN LAWRENCEBURG, INDIANA. THAT’S WHERE WE FIND WLWT NEWS FIVE’S DAISY KERSHAW TONIGHT. DAISY. IT HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE SCENE FOR HOURS. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING? CURTIS. LINDSAY. POLICE SAY THAT SUSPECT HAD A FIREARM AND WAS TRYING TO ROB THE CASINO. HE THEN TOOK OFF LEADING POLICE ON A MANHUNT TONIGHT. HE WAS LATER FOUND AND ARRESTED AROUND THE OXBOW NATURE PRESERVE. NOW, WE SPOKE WITH DEARBORN COUNTY SHERIFF SHANE MCHENRY ON SCENE TONIGHT. AND HE SAYS THEY GOT CALLED TO THE CASINO JUST AFTER 730. HE SAYS THE SUSPECT DIDN’T FIRE ANY SHOTS INSIDE THE CASINO, BUT BELIEVES SOMEONE WAS INJURED TONIGHT. OFFICERS FROM SEVERAL AGENCIES RESPONDED TO THE CASINO AND SURROUNDING AREAS, AND POLICE WERE AT EVERY EXIT OF THE CASINO AIDING PEOPLE IN THEIR CARS. SHERIFF MCHENRY SAYS THEY ALSO HAD K-9 UNITS OUT, A DRONE AND A HELICOPTER, WHICH HELPED THEM TO LOCATE THE SUSPECT. I JUST MAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNEW IT’S THE SCENE IS SAFE AT THIS POINT. YOU KNOW, THERE’S WITH FACEBOOK, SOCIAL MEDIA, THERE’S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AND WE JUST WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WE’RE CONCERNED, EVERYTHING SAFE. AND WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY IN CUSTODY. THE INDIANA GAMBLING COMMISSION IS LEADING THIS INVESTIGATION. BUT POLICE SAYS THERE SAY THERE IS NO LONGER A THREAT HERE AT THE CASINO. NOW, WE WERE HEARING SOME REPORTS COME IN ABOUT A PERSON BEING HELD HOSTAGE. BUT POLICE SAY THAT RIGHT NOW THEY AREN’T ABLE TO CONFIRM ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. AS THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. LIVE TONIGHT FROM LAWRENCEBURG, INDIANA. DAISY KERSHAW WLWT NEWS FIVE AND DAISY, I KNOW YOU WERE TALKING TO SOME GUESTS WHO HAD SAID THAT THE CASINO HAD ACTUALLY SHUT DOWN FOR A SHORT WHILE AS ALL OF THIS WAS UNFOLDING EARLIER. WHAT ABOUT NOW? HAVE OPERATIONS RESUMED THERE AT THE CASINO? YEAH. LINDSAY, THINGS ARE BACK TO NORMAL HERE. WE’VE BEEN SEEING FOLKS WALKING AROUND. THE CASINO HAS REOPENED, AND GUESTS ARE ALSO ABLE TO NOW FREELY ENTER AND EXIT THE HOTEL HERE AS WELL. SO, YEAH, POLICE SAY THAT IT IS SAFE TO BE HERE. AND THE SCENE HAS BEEN CLEARED. WE WERE SEEING LOTS AND LOTS OF POLICE EARLIER, A HUGE POLICE
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PD: Armed suspect arrested after police respond to robbery at Hollywood Casino
A man is in custody after multiple police agencies responded to an armed robbery at Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg Saturday night.Video below from a witness shows police response inside the casino Police said the suspect had a gun and was trying to rob the casino, but no shots were fired inside the casino. A video from a witness inside the casino shows officers running through the building.Police said the suspect fled into a wooded area and was later arrested."It was probably around 8 when we first heard it everyone was running up through the hallway saying 'get behind something, gun gun'," one witness told WLWT. One person was injured in the incident. WLWT is working to learn more about the extent of their injuries. Police said officers were at every exit at the casino IDing people inside their cars.Dearborn County Sheriff Shane McHenry said they had K9 units and a drone, which helped them locate the suspect."I just mainly want to make sure that everybody knew that the scene is safe at this point. You know, with Facebook, social media, there's a lot of uncertainty, and we just want to get the word out that, you know, as far as we're concerned, everything's safe and we do have somebody is in custody," McHenry said.Officers at the scene say Indiana Gaming Commission is leading the investigation.Officials say operations at the casino have returned to normal.

A man is in custody after multiple police agencies responded to an armed robbery at Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg Saturday night.

Video below from a witness shows police response inside the casino

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Police said the suspect had a gun and was trying to rob the casino, but no shots were fired inside the casino.

A video from a witness inside the casino shows officers running through the building.

Police said the suspect fled into a wooded area and was later arrested.

"It was probably around 8 when we first heard it everyone was running up through the hallway saying 'get behind something, gun gun'," one witness told WLWT.

One person was injured in the incident. WLWT is working to learn more about the extent of their injuries.

Police said officers were at every exit at the casino IDing people inside their cars.

Dearborn County Sheriff Shane McHenry said they had K9 units and a drone, which helped them locate the suspect.

"I just mainly want to make sure that everybody knew that the scene is safe at this point. You know, with Facebook, social media, there's a lot of uncertainty, and we just want to get the word out that, you know, as far as we're concerned, everything's safe and we do have somebody is in custody," McHenry said.

Officers at the scene say Indiana Gaming Commission is leading the investigation.

Officials say operations at the casino have returned to normal.