Vegas Casino Shooting Was Violent Result Of Chicago-Area Breakup
By Samantha Abernethy in News on Dec 18, 2012 9:40PM
A Chicago-area man traveled to Las Vegas and opened fire on an employee at the concierge desk in the lobby of the Excalibur Hotel and Casino on Friday, then shot and killed himself. The police investigation now shows the two had a previous relationship and both were from the Chicago area.
Edward C. Brandt, 31 of Lake Forest, and Jessica Corinne Kenny, 30 of Grayslake, dated for less than six months and moved together to Las Vegas before breaking up two-and-a-half years ago.
After the breakup, Brandt moved back to the Chicago area. Police say he checked into the Excalibur on Dec. 12 and on Dec. 14 around 8:30 p.m. he shot Kenny four times with a .38-caliber revolver. Brandt then shot himself and died at the scene. Kenny died shortly after.
"His intent was to kill her. He conjured up this idea that she was unfaithful. He waited until he could get to her," Steiber said of Kenny, a vendor at the hotel for the travel website VEGAS.com. She died at a hospital shortly after the shooting and was mourned by friends and family members at a private memorial on Monday evening."He didn't hurt anyone else," [Las Vegas police Lt. Ray] Steiber said of Brandt. "He could have."