Mother shoots daughter, then herself in apparent murder-suicide at Las Vegas hotel, police say

A parent fatally changeable her young girl earlier turning the weapon connected herself wrong a Las Vegas edifice room, according to police.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) homicide Lt. Robert Price said astatine a Monday quality league that officers were initially called to the Rio Hotel & Casino astir 10:45 a.m. section clip connected Sunday for a payment cheque connected the pair. 

After knocking and calling into the country for astir 15 to 20 minutes, officers advised edifice information and cleared the call.

Hotel information aboriginal received further accusation from household and friends asking them to effort to find the parent and daughter.

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A presumption of the Rio Hotel & Casino exterior and surrounding scenery successful Las Vegas connected Nov. 11, 2025. (Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service Via Getty Images)

At astir 2:30 p.m., information went backmost up to the room, made introduction and discovered some victims dead.

Price said the mother, believed to beryllium successful her mid-30s, and her pre-teen girl had traveled to Las Vegas for a creation oregon cheer competition. 

"The parent changeable her girl and past changeable herself," said Price. "This is simply a bittersweet and tragic incidental and our hearts spell retired to the family."

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The Las Vegas constabulary section provided an update connected an evident murder-suicide astatine the Rio Hotel and Casino. (KTNV)

The homicide lieutenant stressed that the probe remains ongoing, but told reporters a enactment was near behind. He declined to sermon its contents and said household members and the cheer teams had been notified.

Fox 13 Salt Lake City reported that LVMPD officials were incapable to corroborate whether the deaths are connected to a missing parent and girl from Utah, identified arsenic Tawnia McGeehan and Addi Smith. LVMPD did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.

Utah Xtreme Cheer, which had circulated accusation earlier successful the time astir the brace being missing, aboriginal posted connected Facebook, "Addi has passed away."

A parent and a girl were recovered dormant successful a Las Vegas edifice successful an evident murder-suicide connected Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. (Tawnia Hope McGeehan)

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"We are wholly heartbroken. No words bash the concern justice. She was truthful beyond loved, and she volition ever beryllium a portion of the UXC family," the radical wrote. "Please support her household successful your thoughts and prayers and proceed to nonstop them emotion arsenic they navigate this unimaginable loss."