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8 News Now — Las Vegas published May 16, 2025: 2 dead, including shooter in Las Vegas gym shooting; police report multiple victims.
At least one person is dead and four hospitalized in a shooting at a Las Vegas gym, which led to police then shooting and killing a suspect.
Law&Crime published June 1, 2025: Man Armed with AR-15 Blasts Off Bullets Inside Las Vegas Gym.
Earlier this month, a shooting unraveled at the Las Vegas Athletic Club, resulting in two deaths and at least three injuries. The gunman, identified as 34-year-old Daniel Ortega, entered the gym armed with an AR-15-style rifle and fired 24 rounds before his weapon malfunctioned. He was confronted by first responders and shot by police officers outside the building. Law&Crime’s Chris Stewart breaks down the bodycam on this episode of Cop Cast.
AP published May 19, 2025: Police identify victim and gunman in Las Vegas gym shooting.
The person killed in a shooting at a Las Vegas fitness center on Friday was 31-year-old Edgar Quinonez, a longtime employee of the Las Vegas Athletic Club who had no known connection to the shooter, police said Monday. The suspected shooter, 34-year-old Daniel Ortega, died of gunshot wounds, after officers fired at him.
8 News Now — Las Vegas published May 19, 2025: Gun malfunction stopped 'mass-casualty' event during Las Vegas gym shooting: police.
A gun malfunction during a deadly Las Vegas gym shooting Friday likely "saved the incident from being a mass-casualty event," police said Monday.
8 News Now, Las Vegas, NV local
written by Stephanie Overton, David Charns, Caroline Bleakley
Monday May 19, 2025
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A gun malfunction during a deadly Las Vegas gym shooting Friday likely “saved the incident from being a mass-casualty event,” police said Monday.
The gunman was identified Monday as Daniel Ortega, 34, the 8 News Now Investigators first reported.
Police shot and killed Ortega, of North Las Vegas, after the shooting inside the Las Vegas Athletic Club last Friday on Rainbow Boulevard near Vegas Drive. Edgar Quinonez, a longtime employee, was killed, the business said Saturday.
Three other people were injured in the shooting.
Ortega worked as a bellman at a Las Vegas Strip property, several sources told the 8 News Now Investigators. A funeral home caring for his remains had no comment Monday on behalf of the family.
On May 16, shortly after 1:30 p.m., Ortega arrived at the gym, armed with an Olympic Arms PCR-223 caliber rifle and “multiple” ammunition magazines, LVMPD Asst. Sheriff Jamie Prosser said.
Ortega walked past several people who were leaving the gym and approached an employee, who was working the front desk. Prosser said Ortega then began to “pace” around the front desk while several other people left the business.
A second employee approached Ortega and the two “briefly exchanged words.” The employee ran away after Ortega raised the rifle and began to shoot, hitting the employee.
Ortega followed the employee deeper into the business, continuing to shoot, before making his way back to the front lobby, where he continued to shoot, Prosser said.
At some point during the incident, Ortega’s weapon malfunctioned, Prosser said, though she did not specify how. She later said this malfunction “saved the incident from being a mass-casualty event.”
At around 1:35 p.m., several people called 911 to report what was happening, and officers were sent to the gym.
“I think I saw someone come in with an AR,” a person who called 911 said.
Moments later, shots could be heard over the call.
At 1:39 p.m., Officers Kaid Urban, Skeeter Black, and Aaron Javier arrived at the gym. All three officers approached the front doors and saw Ortega.
Javier fired a round through the window at Ortega, Prosser said. Shortly afterward, Ortega left the gym and attempted to run past the officers. Urban fired four rounds, and Black fired one, hitting Ortega.
Police then took Ortega into custody and began providing life-saving measures. Medical personnel arrived and took Ortego to a hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.
Additional officers arrived and located Quinonez, as well as three other victims suffering from gunshot wounds. Medical personnel took them to local hospitals.
Police later learned another person took themselves to another hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Prosser said during the briefing that as of Monday afternoon, police could not confirm anything regarding motive as the investigation was still ongoing. She said Ortega was a member of the gym and worked out at that location, but there is no connection between the victim and the suspect.
Ortega would have faced the following charges if he had survived:
- One count of murder with a deadly weapon
- Three counts of attempted murder
- Three counts of assault with a deadly weapon on a protected person
- Five counts of assault with a deadly weapon
This incident marks the third officer-involved shooting in 2025 and the third fatal. At this time in 2024, Metro had three officer-involved shootings, with three fatalities.
Metro continued to ask for witnesses to come forward.
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