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Man Shot in $42k Robbery of MGM National Harbor Casino Patrons, Police Reveal

  • Police search warrant has revealed the details of the December 19 incident
  • Suspects followed the two victims home, taking?their $42,000 casino winnings
  • Driver beaten multiple times in the head and shot in the arm when he dropped off the other man
  • Suspects may have committed another casino patron robbery in Virginia in October 2019
Dan Katz

Dan Katz graduated with a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Emory University. He clearly uses neither of those degrees now, having been writing about the gambling industry (specializing in poker) since 2005. Prior to that, he was an IT and management consultant. He is an avid gamer, primarily on PC, and enjoys collecting retro video games and consoles; finding room to set them all up is his current challenge. Dan lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and two children. You can get in touch with Dan at [email protected].

MGM National Harbor exterior
One of two men who were robbed of their casino winnings after returning home from MGM National Harbor in December was also shot, according to a recent search warrant. [Image: Shutterstock.com]

Search warrant gives details of robbery

Police have revealed that one victim of a December 2019 robbery of two MGM National Harbor casino patrons was shot.

In December, Prince William County police announced an incident in which two men were trailed home from MGM National Harbor and robbed. It was not until now, however, that the details of the crime were made known to the public.

A search warrant lays out the rundown of the incident, giving a clearer picture of what happened to the men from Maryland to Virginia that night.

Pursuit of the two victims

The two victims, whose names have not been released, had good nights at MGM National Harbor. They won $39,000 and $3,000 respectively at the blackjack tables.

Their assailants were apparently tracking them the entire time. According to the search warrant, a group of men can be seen on security video footage following the victims through the casino and into the parking garage after they cashed out their winnings.

assailants were apparently tracking them the entire time

The victims drove across the Potomac River to Woodbridge, Virginia, about 20 miles away from MGM National Harbor. They stopped at a gas station in Woodbridge. Not long after they had left, surveillance cameras captured a gray SUV leaving the same location.

Confrontation and violence ensued

Around 1:40am, one of the victims dropped off the other man at his home in Woodbridge.

hit him in the head about 20 times and shot him in the left arm

The search warrant states that at that point, two men brandishing handguns forced the driver out of the car. They hit him in the head about 20 times and shot him in the left arm. The assailants, wearing masks, took the man’s $39,000.

A third man, also wearing a mask, held the other victim at gunpoint on the ground. He proceeded to rob him of his $3,000. The robbers fled the scene in a gray SUV, assumed to be the same one seen at the gas station. All of this was recorded by a Ring security camera.

Fortunately, the police have reported that the shooting victim is recovering in a hospital.

Police identify the suspects

Police have also identified the suspects in the robbery. The Washington Post, the news outlet that originally reported the story, is waiting until charges have been filed to publish their names.

This may not be the first time that the suspects committed this sort of crime. According to the search warrant, they might be the same people who robbed casino patrons in Fairfax County, Virginia on October 1, 2019.

The reason for the referenced search warrant is to obtain a DNA sample from one of the suspects to be able to match the two crimes.

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