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Ex-GOP Candidate and Former WWE Wrestler Surrenders Over Vegas Murder
Ex-GOP Candidate and Former WWE Wrestler Surrenders Over Vegas MurderDaniel Rodimer, the disgraced GOP congressional candidate who was endorsed by Donald Trump despite a previous arrest for a Waffle House assault, handed himself in on Wednesday night after being sought by Las Vegas police in connection to a murder.
Rodimer, 45, is accused of murdering 47-year-old Christopher Tapp during an altercation inside a hotel room at the Hilton Resorts World on the Las Vegas strip on Oct. 29, police announced Wednesday.
In a statement, police said Tapp, of Idaho, died at a Vegas hospital from “blunt force trauma to the head.” It said the incident was called in as an accident, but investigating detectives determined otherwise in the months that followed.
A criminal complaint filed by the Clark County District Attorney’s office alleged that Rodimer struck Tapp “on the head,” adding that the slaying was “willful, deliberate, and premeditated,” reported 3 News.
Rodimer, a former wrestler who performed under the name Dan Rodman in the WWE, lost his campaign to represent Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District in 2020 against Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV). After that, he reportedly moved to Texas to launch another failed bid to make it into Congress—where he was accused of using a phony Texas accent to try and win over voters.
