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Saturday, April 27, 2002 | 11:07 a.m.

Some recent shootings at U.S. casinos:

-Jan. 13, 2001: A gunman, Sylvester McConnell of Mobile, Ala., shoots and wounds three people at the Gulf Coast casino in Biloxi, Miss. before fatally shooting himself.

-Sept. 8, 2000: A tourist is killed and a security guard wounded when a robber opens fire at Harrah's casino in Las Vegas. Police later arrest two suspects.

-Jan. 26, 2000: Off-duty police officer Solomon Bell fatally shoots himself in the head after losing thousands of dollars at MotorCity Casino in Detroit.

-Nov. 6, 1999: One man is shot to death and another critically injured after an argument outside the Mohegan Sun casino in Montville, Conn.

-June 28, 1999: Would-be robbers open fire on two armored truck guards at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas, wounding both.

-Aug. 6, 1997: A waitress at Harrah's Marina Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J. is shot to death by her former boyfriend while calling 911 from the employee parking lot.

-June 2, 1996: A woman is shot and wounded in the parking lot of Little Six Casino in Prior Lake, Minn. while waiting to pick up her husband.

-Feb. 20, 1995: An employee at the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City is shot to death as she leaves work.

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