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Ex-employee pleads guilty in Vegas casino picnic shooting

September 26, 2019 · 12:47pm ET | 9:47am PT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 44-year-old former Las Vegas Strip casino card dealer is facing the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to shooting a resort executive to death and wounding a co-worker at a company picnic in April 2018.

Court-appointed attorneys representing Anthony Wrobel didn’t immediately respond Thursday to messages about this Sept. 18 guilty pleas to murder for killing Venetian casino executive Mia Banks and attempted murder for wounding co-worker Hector Rodriguez.

Wrobel is due for sentencing Nov. 21 by Clark County District Court Judge Douglas Herndon.

Wrobel won’t face the death penalty but will go to prison for what could be life without the possibility of parole.

Authorities say Wrobel acted alone and was motivated by anger at his work supervisors.

Associated Press

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