Police called to Northwest Dallas gaming room after manager allegedly pulls gun on unhappy slot-machine winner
Omar Mahamed had a choice early this morning: Either he could keep the location of an illegal gaming room off Denton Drive and Royal Lane a secret, or he could call 911 to report the man threatening to shoot him with a semi-automatic. He chose the latter.
Police records show that at 1:30 Monday morning, Mahamed called police to a room filled with slot machines on Leo Lane, a nondescript stretch of warehouses in Northwest Dallas. According to the report, Mahamed told police he and another witness were inside playing the slots when he hit a winner. Only, his machine didn’t pay out.
Mahamed told the 911 operator he went to the man in charge — described as a “an older Asian male last seen wearing jeans, blue jacket and white tennis shoes” — to complain. He was told, sorry, but that machine isn’t working properly, which wasn’t good enough for Mahamed, who wanted his payout. Records show they spoke for a while, at which point the suspect “approached a desk by a mattress and pulled out an [unknown] type weapon,” later described as a “brown semi auto.” The man told Mahamed to get out.
“Fearing the suspect would use the weapon,” says the report, Mahamed and his buddy went outside and called 911, at which point they recounted their plight to the police operator. He also said there were at least 20 people inside who’d witnessed the incident.
Only, when police got there, says the report, no one was around. An officer knocked, rang the bell — nothing: “It is unclear if the suspect was inside or had left before the investigation officer arrived,” says the report. And that’s that. For now. Dallas police say the case has been forwarded to vice.
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