Editor's Note: This story has been updated from a previous version that reported the suspect was connected to a shooting in D.C. Police now say the suspect arrested at Maryland Live! was not involved in the shooting.
Police arrested a man inside Maryland Live! Casino Friday night after a police chase in D.C. -- but the suspect arrested was not involved in the police chase, authorities said Saturday.
According to a D.C. police report, a man was shot during a carjacking about 9:45 p.m. in the 800 block of Division Ave. NE. The suspects then took off in the man's SUV. The victim was conscious and breathing when police arrived, WTOP reported.
D.C. police described the carjacked vehicle as a black Jeep Cherokee with unknown Maryland tags. At some point, police followed a vehicle matching that description. When they tried to pull the driver over, the driver took off and ended up at a parking garage at the casino.
The driver then walked inside the casino about 11 p.m. and Anne Arundel County police found him talking on the phone near a slot machine, police said. He was arrested and Anne Arundel officers found more than 40 grams of marijuana when they searched him, police said.
After questioning the suspect, identified as 43-year-old Larry Browne, officers determined he was not involved in the shooting. They charged him with possession of marijuana and disorderly conduct.
During Browne's arrest, some people inside the casino in Hanover, Maryland, rushed out when they saw the commotion. Police said they did not order an evacuation of the casino.
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Six people at the casino sustained minor injuries during the incident and three were taken to the hospital, the Anne Arundel County Fire Department said.
