A US man shot a woman then took his own life at a hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip, sending frightened patrons fleeing.
The shootings happened at about 8.30pm on Friday near the high-rise Excalibur hotel's front entrance, Las Vegas Metro Police Lieutenant Ray Steiber said.
The woman, a vendor at Excalibur's concierge desk, was fatally wounded and was pronounced dead later at a local hospital.
The man died at the scene after turning the gun on himself, Steiber said.
The shooting happened as the hotel's registration desk was busy with the National Finals Rodeo and other events in town.
Steiber said patrons scattered at the first sound of gunfire, and no-one else was wounded.
Neither the gunman nor the victim was identified, and Steiber said the relationship between the two wasn't immediately clear.
Witnesses on the casino floor said they saw poker players abruptly leaving their tables and many distraught people running for the exits after gunshots rang out, the Las Vegas Sun reported.
Trisha Banks, 14, and her sister Danielle Banks, 17, were at the hotel for a holiday cheerleading party with 80 other cheerleaders when they heard four shots.
They hid under some tables until the situation was cleared about 10 minutes later.
"It's scary after what happened this morning (in Newtown, Connecticut) and then this," Trisha Banks told the Sun.
"How can people do this?"
MGM Resorts International owns the Excalibur and several other hotels on the Las Vegas Strip.
Company spokesman Gordon Absher said the hotel and casino remained open to guests and patrons. However, the area where the shooting took place was cordoned off by police while they investigated the double shooting.
The Excalibur has approximately 4000 rooms and is located at the intersection of Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard.
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