Morongo Casino Guests on 19th Floor Evacuated When Man Points Handgun
The incident occurred between 11:30 p.m. Friday and 12:30 a.m. Saturday in the 27-story Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, a sheriff's sergeant in Cabazon said. 
    
Overnight guests on the 19th floor at Morongo Casino Resort & Spa were evacuated briefly when a man pointed a semiautomatic handgun at an employee and a female guest being escorted back to her room, a sheriff's sergeant said.
The incident began about 11:30 p.m. Friday, when a female guest locked herself out of her room on the 19th floor, and a casino employee escorted her to let her back in, according to Sgt. James Burton of the sheriff's Cabazon Station.
When the employee unlocked the door for the guest, the employee saw a man pointing a semiautomatic handgun at them from inside the room, Burton said.
"The employee fled from the scene and called law enforcement while the female remained in the room," Burton said.

Deputies from the Cabazon Station responded to the 19th floor and evacuated nearby rooms, with the assistance of casino security officers, Burton said.
Outside the room where the man had brandished a gun, "a verbal altercation between a male and female was overheard coming from the hotel room," Burton said.

A deputy called into the room and asked the man to step out, and he did so, voluntarily surrendering without incident, Burton said.

The man was identified as Andrew Robert Wagner, 25, of Twentynine Palms.
An unloaded .45-caliber Springfield 1911 semiauto handgun and two fully-loaded magazines were found inside the room, Burton said.
The female was not injured during the incident.

Wagner was arrested at 12:30 a.m. Saturday and booked shortly after 2 a.m. at Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning on suspicion of brandishing a firearm.

Wagner was released later Saturday on $3,000 bail. He has a court date in December in Banning.

The 27-story Morongo Casino Resort & Spa is at 49500 Seminole Drive on the Morongo Indian Reservation. It is the tallest building in the Inland Empire and one of the largest casino resorts in Southern California.
Anyone with further information was urged to call Deputy Eric Illera at the Cabazon Station, (951) 922-7100, the Riverside County Sheriff's Dispatch Center, 1 (800) 950-2444, or email CabazonStation@RiversideSheriff.org.