A former Congressional candidate and ex-WWE wrestler turned himself in to Las Vegas police Wednesday night after an arrest warrant for open murder was issued earlier in the day.
Dan Rodimer, 45, was identified Wednesday as a suspect in an altercation that occurred inside a room at a Las Vegas resort in October, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
The department said medical personnel responded to a call for help inside a room at the resort in the 3000 block of South Las Vegas Boulevard on Oct. 29.
The man in the room, later identified as 47-year-old Christopher Tapp, was taken to the hospital with “injuries consistent with the accident,” police said at the time.
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Dan Rodimer, a former professional wrestler and former congressional candidate in Texas and Nevada, surrendered to Las Vegas police on Wednesday after a warrant was issued for his arrest for open murder. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Tapp died at Sunrise Hospital on Nov. 5, FOX 5 Las Vegas reported, and police began investigating the death as suspicious after learning on Nov. 22 that Tapp had been involved in an altercation.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office ruled his death a homicide due to blunt force trauma to the head.
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Rodimer’s attorneys, David Chesnoff and Richard Schoenfeld, released the following statement to FOX 5 Wednesday night:
“Mr. Rodimer will turn himself in to authorities and post court-ordered bail,” it reads. “He intends to vigorously contest this allegation and seeks to ensure that the presumption of innocence is respected by all Americans.”
He posted $200,000 bail Wednesday night and a hearing is scheduled for Thursday morning, local media reported.
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Rodimer, a Republican, ran unsuccessfully against Democratic U.S. Rep. Susie Lee for Nevada’s 3rd District seat in 2020.
He then moved to Texas and ran in a 2021 special election to fill the seat vacated by Republican U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, who contracted COVID-19 and died in office. Rodimer was one of 23 candidates to win the seat, receiving less than 3% of the vote.
Rodimer competed in WWE as a professional wrestler from 2004 to 2007.
