The SUV that struck Gibellina is believed to be a black 2012 Mercedes-Benz GL series with Nevada license plate 565T77, according to a Metro press release. Spencer said the man is wanted on charges of murder and strong arm robbery. The woman whose purse was stolen was hospitalized with nonlife-threatening injuries. Gibellina died at University Medical Center, police said. “At that point, the driver put the car in reverse and ran over the manager of the Dotty’s and then fled,” he said. The man pulled out a handgun, and the manager “walked to the rear of the vehicle,” Spencer said. He ran outside and got into a vehicle, and the manager ran outside and confronted him. Flamingo Road, and snatched a purse from a woman who was playing video poker, according to Metropolitan Police Department Lt. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal) manager of a Las Vegas slot tavern was run over and killed Wednesday night after she confronted a man who stole a customer’s purse, police said.Īlicia Gibellina, 60, died from multiple blunt force injuries, and her death was ruled a homicide, according to Clark County spokesman Dan Kulin.Īt around 6 p.m., a man believed to be in his 20s came into Dotty’s, 6142 W.
Ray Spencer gives a briefing to the media as Metropolitan police investigate a homicide in the 6100 block of West Flamingo Road on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Las Vegas.
