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Zane Floyd

Also known as: Albertsons shooting, Zane Michael Floyd

Active

1999–1999

Region

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

State

NV

Kind

Mass

Status

Convicted

Victims

4

At about 5:15 a.m. on June 3, 1999, Zane Floyd walked into an Albertsons supermarket in Las Vegas with a shotgun and killed four employees: Thomas Darnell, Carlos "Chuck" Leos, Dennis Sargent and Lucille Tarantino. Another worker, Zachary Emenegger, was shot and survived, and more than 20 other employees and shoppers hid. Police officers waiting outside talked Floyd into putting down the gun in the parking lot. A Clark County jury convicted him of four counts of first-degree murder in July 2000 and sentenced him to death. His appeals have failed, but no execution has been carried out because of litigation over Nevada's lethal-injection drugs.

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Victims

We remember the people whose lives were taken.

• Thomas Darnell, 40 · June 3, 1999

  A courtesy clerk, bringing in shopping carts when he was shot.

• Carlos "Chuck" Leos, 41 · June 3, 1999

  The store's meat manager, who had celebrated his first wedding anniversary days earlier.

• Dennis Sargent, 31 · June 3, 1999

  A supervisor and the father of a young son.

• Lucille Tarantino, 60 · June 3, 1999

  A salad bar worker and mother of three daughters.

Timeline of locations

1. June 3, 1999
   Albertsons supermarket, Las Vegas (Crime scene, approximate area)

   Floyd shot five employees inside the store before dawn, killing four. He walked out about five minutes later and was arrested in the parking lot after officers talked him into putting down the shotgun.

2. 2000
   Ely State Prison (death row) (Prison, approximate area)

   Floyd has been on Nevada's death row for more than two decades; his execution remains on hold.

3. July 11, 2000
   Clark County District Court, Las Vegas (Court / trial, approximate area)

   Floyd's trial began July 11, 2000. The jury convicted him two days later and returned death sentences on July 21; he was formally sentenced on August 31, 2000.

Sources

• Zane Michael Floyd (Wikipedia)
• Drugs, abuse and a zest to kill: Zane Floyd's path to Nevada death row limbo (The Nevada Independent)
• Court records: Nevada prison system doesn't have execution drugs (KTNV, 2026)

Each location also lists its own sources in the data file.