Never-before-seen surveillance footage from inside the Las Vegas Athletic Club was released Monday, laying out in chilling detail the moments a gunman opened fire on May 16, 2025, killing a longtime employee and injuring others during a normal evening at the gym. The footage was played during a Clark County Police Fatality Public Fact-Finding Review into the officer-involved shooting of 34-year-old Daniel Ortega, who was shot by officers outside the building after the attack. Along with the video, officials shared 911 audio recordings and scene photos that together sketch out a more complete timeline of the shooting and the police response.
Clark County scheduled the public review for Monday and publicly outlined how the proceeding would unfold, from witness testimony to the presentation of evidence, according to Clark County. The county notice explains that these fact-finding reviews are held when the District Attorney's Office has preliminarily concluded that criminal charges against officers are not warranted, and are intended to open the investigative record to public view. The hearing aired live on Cox cable and on the county's YouTube stream.
What the footage shows
According to surveillance clips and police descriptions presented at the review, Ortega enters the LVAC lobby carrying a long rifle, lingers near the front desk, exchanges words with staff, then suddenly begins firing. An employee is hit and runs deeper into the workout area as shots continue. Police and news accounts say Ortega fired roughly two dozen rounds inside the gym before the rifle malfunctioned, a failure investigators said likely prevented a mass-casualty event. The employee killed in the attack was identified as 31-year-old Edgar Quinonez, a longtime LVAC staffer, as reported by The Associated Press.
Police response captured on bodycam
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said officers Kaid Urban, Skeeter Black and Aaron Javier arrived within minutes of the first 911 calls. According to the department, one officer fired a round through the front window, after which Ortega bolted from the building. Officers then confronted him outside the entrance, where he was shot, police said. LVMPD officials reported that Ortega was taken to University Medical Center and later pronounced dead, and that detectives found multiple gunshot victims who were transported to area hospitals. The department made its briefing materials and an overview video part of the public record for the review, according to LVMPD.
Photos, ammo and possible charges
Still images shown during the review included close-ups of the rifle and several magazines recovered at the scene. One report said police photographs showed four magazines that together held roughly 150 unused rounds. Local coverage also noted the weapon was an Olympic Arms PCR-223 and that Ortega carried extra magazines, and police said prosecutors laid out the criminal counts he would likely have faced had he survived. Those details were reported by KTNV.
The review's limits
Clark County's fact-finding process does not function as a trial and does not deliver a criminal verdict. Its purpose is to put the investigative file on the record, allow questions to be asked of witnesses and let the public watch how prosecutors and other officials reconstruct the incident. The county notice states that an ombudsman speaks on behalf of the public and the deceased's family during the session and that the presiding officer may decline questions that are repetitive or irrelevant, Clark County explains. No formal ruling is made at the end of the hearing on the manner or cause of death.
Community reaction and next steps
Family members, gym regulars and staff have continued to mourn Quinonez in the weeks since the shooting, and the club reopened days after the shooting. Police have urged anyone with additional information to contact Metro investigators as internal and administrative reviews move forward. For those who want to see the newly released materials for themselves, the county's livestream archive and the LVMPD briefing package remain the main public sources for the evidence shown at the fact-finding review.
