On March 15, 2019, Michael Charles Cohen, 49, was shot and later died after a robbery at the Bellagio hotel-casino in Las Vegas. Cohen entered the casino shortly before 9:45 p.m., approached the casino cage near the poker room armed with a handgun and demanded cash and chips, then left through the north valet entrance. After failing to find keys for a white car, he approached a black Mercedes; the female driver refused to open the door as Cohen threatened her with the weapon.

Bicycle patrol officers who had been alerted to the robbery confronted Cohen as he began driving the Mercedes. Cohen fired at the officers, striking one in the chest; that officer’s ballistic vest prevented a serious injury. Officer Joaquin Escobar, 29, returned fire and struck Cohen in the head. Cohen fled on foot but was fatally wounded and pronounced dead at 3:17 a.m. at University Medical Center.

Cohen had a lengthy criminal history and was linked to a November 2017 robbery at the Bellagio where the same disguise was used. This was the third shooting involving Las Vegas police in 2019 and the first that proved fatal. Did anyone see Cohen’s activity in the Bellagio or the valet area that night who hasn’t been contacted by investigators?