********* — A man sitting at the back of a public bus on the ********* Strip opened **** “for no apparent reason” as passengers got off at a stop in the heart of the tourism corridor, ****** said Sunday.

Gary Breitling, 57, of Sidney, Montana, was shot and ****** Saturday before the ****** barricaded himself in the vehicle, shutting down the Strip for hours, the Clark County coroner’s office said. He **** at a hospital.

Rolando Cardenas, 55, has been accused in the ********, and he surrendered peacefully after a standoff inside the double-decker bus that lasted more than four hours, ****** said.

He was booked into jail on suspicion of ******, attempted ******, burglary and opening **** on the bus. An attorney for him could not immediately be found. Attempts to reach his family were unsuccessful.

The bus had stopped on the Strip near the Cosmopolitan hotel-casino and passengers were leaving when Cardenas stood up and ***** several rounds from a handgun, ****** said. The man didn’t **** all of his bullets, but he did shoot at ****** during the barricade. ****** said they didn’t **** any *****. Assistant Sheriff Tom Roberts also said that authorities believe Cardenas may have had “mental issues.”

Another ****** was shot in the stomach and was hospitalized but is expected to live. Both ******* were seated in the back with Cardenas, ****** said.

It was not known how many people were on the bus at the time of the ********, but the bystanders and the ******* had fled. ****** have started a hotline seeking to hear what those passengers witnessed.

Because authorities did not know if more ******* were inside, ****** negotiators, robots and armoured vehicles surrounded the bus. Officers swept into casinos to warn tourists to hunker down until further notice, leaving the normally bustling pedestrian areas and a road notorious for taxi-to-taxi traffic completely empty.

Visitors also hid out inside some of the other prominent hotel-casino properties nearby, including the Bellagio, Paris, Planet Hollywood and Bally’s, which also hold restaurants, shops and attractions.