27 year old Tyrell Gist of Atlantic City pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree strict
liability for causing the drug induced deaths of two tourists visiting Atlantic City from the United
Kingdom. On March 8, 2020, Bally’s employees located two unresponsive males, Scott Jordan, 42, and
Simon Gamble, 39, inside their hotel room & notified police. Both men were pronounced dead
on scene. Inside the hotel room, police located approximately 10 ripped white wax baggies and
a line of a white powdery substance on a table. The New Jersey State Police lab concluded
the wax baggies contained heroin, fentanyl, and the medical examiner determined that
the decedents’ deaths were caused by acute toxic effects of fentanyl and ethanol.
The investigation determined that the victims were citizens of the United Kingdom working in
New York City, who spent the night in Atlantic City and planned to return to New York on
March 8, 2020. Bally’s surveillance helped police identify Gist as the individual who sold the
drugs to the victims.