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Armed Robbers Storm Rolex Store At Bellagio Hotel In Las Vegas

The hotel is in lockdown.
Chris York
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Senior Editor, HuffPost UK

Armed robbers some wearing pig masks have stormed a Rolex store at the iconic Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas.

Shooting @ Bellagio in Vegas - @StripCab on #Periscope: https://t.co/9l6iEd1sNq

— fractal (@fractal74) March 25, 2017

Guests tweeting from the building reported chaotic scenes at around 1AM local time (8AM GMT).

Literally just witnessed an armed robber in a pig mask at a Rolex store at the Bellagio & then his arrest #bellagio #vegas #rolex #robbery pic.twitter.com/m53T6bHS2z

— Kir (@Kir_kamil) March 25, 2017

There are not thought to be any casualties but a stampede was reported as people fled for cover.

The number of gunmen is unclear.

Police are at the scene but the perpetrators are still at large.

#Bellagio on lockdown. Cops searching for robbers still. #rolexsmashandgrab pic.twitter.com/HFvddIAphv

— Amit Wadehra (@aw) March 25, 2017

Gunshots at bellagio. Security pinned us back into elevators for ~10 min before clear. I'm hearing was 5 masked gunmen at rolex store.

— Joel Moxley (@joelmoxley) March 25, 2017

Shooting at Bellagio! Big stampede!

— Ronnie Bardah (@RonnieBardah) March 25, 2017

Scene outside of the Bellagio Hotel. Law enforcement is surrounding the hotel. pic.twitter.com/kdsQXZdSHB

— Ama Arthur-Asmah (@Ama_A_Asmah) March 25, 2017

Omg I'm being held at the bellagio bc some dudes were armed and breaking into the Rolex store in the shopping section

— Courtneyyy (@funkmymonkey) March 25, 2017

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