Police say revenge was motive in man’s killing in casino lot

A man slain in a casino parking lot in October was killed because the suspected gunman believed the victim had sex with his girlfriend and stole some of his belongings, police said.

Anthony Esposito, 34, was shot multiple times at a retail business complex at 1760 S. Rainbow Blvd., near West Oakey Boulevard, on Oct. 23. On Tuesday police said they’d arrested Nicholas Bryan Robinson, 35, of Las Vegas, on a murder charge.

An affidavit filed in support of arrest for Robinson by the Metropolitan Police Department indicates the suspected motive is twofold: “Robinson told (a witness) he wanted to beat up (Esposito) in retaliation for having sex with his girlfriend and stealing some of his personal property while Robinson was in jail the first week of October,” it said.

The shooting happened in the parking lot of a Dotty’s casino. Surveillance video taken from the area at 2:33 a.m. showed Esposito exiting the casino and walking to a white SUV in the parking lot before beginning to walk back toward the casino.

“An unknown race male wearing an apparent blue and grey camouflaged hoodie follows behind and begins to shoot (Esposito),” the report states.

A witness drove Robinson to the

Dotty’s at his request on the morning of the shooting, according to the affidavit.

“Robinson exited the vehicle, walked towards (Esposito) and began to shoot him at least four times,” police said.

An analysis of cellphone pings indicated that Robinson’s cellphone hit on a cell tower near the crime scene around the time of the killing, police said. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Robinson on March 4 in Las Vegas Justice Court.

Nicholas Robinson