UPDATE: Ex-Congress candidate Daniel Rodimer was released on a $200,000 bail.
Las Vegas Metro Police Department Press Release Re: Daniel Rodimer
Update – Suspect Identified – Suspicious Death Now Being Investigated as a Homicide
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Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Office of Public Information
400-B S. Martin L. King Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89106
Office 702-828-4082
Sheriff Kevin McMahill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Update – Suspect Identified
Through the course of the investigation, homicide detectives were able to identify 45-year-old Daniel Rodimer as the suspect in this case. On March 6, 2024, an arrest warrant was issued for Rodimer on the charge of open murder.
Original Press Release
On November 22, 2023, LVMPD Homicide was made aware of a suspicious death that occurred on October 29, 2023, in the 3000 block of South Las Vegas Boulevard.
On October 29, 2023, medical personnel responded to a call for service regarding a male, later identified as 47-year-old Christopher Tapp, suffering from injuries as a result of a purported accident. Tapp was transported to the hospital and was later pronounced deceased.
Through the course of the suspicious death investigation, LVMPD Homicide Detectives have learned Tapp was in an altercation inside a room at a resort before being located and transported to the hospital.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office has since ruled Tapp’s death a homicide as a result of blunt force trauma to the head.
Anyone with any information about this incident is urged to contact the LVMPD Homicide Section by phone at 702-828-3521 or by email at [email protected]. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 702-385-5555 or on the internet at www.crimestoppersofnv.com.
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