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Oct. 08, 2007
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LV police officer shoots at two in Strip vehicle stop

Exchange of gunfire was reported near MGM Grand

By DAVID KIHARA
REVIEW-JOURNAL

A Las Vegas police officer shot toward two men in a car he had stopped in front of the Harley-Davidson Cafe on the Strip at Harmon Avenue early Sunday, police said.

Neither of the men was wounded in the shooting.

The incident started about 12:45 a.m. when witnesses reported people in two vehicles shooting at each other in the northbound lane of Las Vegas Boulevard South near the MGM Grand, which is at Tropicana Avenue about a half-mile south of where the officer fired at the car, said Lt. Lew Roberts of the Las Vegas police's homicide unit.

Police in the area found one of the vehicles believed to be involved, a black Daewoo sedan, and stopped it at the Strip and Harmon.


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    • When one of the men inside made a suspicious move toward the back seat, an officer fired toward the car, Roberts said.

    Police found a shotgun and a spent shell casing inside the vehicle, he said.

    Officers arrested both men. Both are Las Vegas residents. One is expected to face multiple charges, including being a felon in possession of a gun and firing a gun from a vehicle, police said. The status of the other man wasn't known Sunday.

    As of Sunday evening, police hadn't found anyone who was shot in the reported exchange of gunfire in front of the MGM Grand.

    The officer who fired the shots at the Daewoo was placed on paid leave pending the investigation into the incident.

    Contact reporter David Kihara at dkihara@reviewjournal.com or (702) 383-4638.



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    sad wrote on October 08, 2007 04:03 PM: IGNORANT- all blacks use this word which means (lacking education or knowledge; not aware; lacking comprehension).


    VJ wrote on October 08, 2007 03:53 PM: DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY WERE BLACK,WHITE LATINO OR ASIAN..

    TO THE METRO PD OFFICERS.. PLEASE GO BACK AND PRATICE ON THE FIRING RANGE.. YOU MISSED KILLING THESE GUYS.. WE NEED TO HAVE MORE OF THESE IDIOTS KILLED AND LET THE OTHER KNOW.. YOU MESS WITH METRO PD YOU GET YOUR BUTTS SHOT.. BUT TRUTH BE KNOWN.. TO THE METRO OFFICERS, I AM GLAD YOU WERE NOT HURT.


    mark wrote on October 08, 2007 03:32 PM: This state is a joke when it come to incarceration. These jokers will get a slap on the wrist and get released. We need more prison space! I don't blame the courts because we can only hold so many people. These losers probably have committed other violent crimes and have never been held accountable for their actions. Too bad the cop did'nt take them out. It's a hard decision to make to shoot s car on the strip when the cop has to be accountable for every round he discharges. If this type of nonsense keeps occurring the state is going to feel it in the pocketbook. Tourist are going to head to other destinations if they don't feel safe on the strip.


    . wrote on October 08, 2007 01:19 PM: .


    Me wrote on October 08, 2007 01:19 PM: No, not only people of "color" own guns and act out in violence...but statistically they are the majority.
    I know, the truth hurts sometimes.


    Sean wrote on October 08, 2007 11:41 AM: I am never surprised by the ignorance of people on these boards. Who cares what color the shooters were. As long as they are wearing prison issued orange soon, that's all that matters.


    john wrote on October 08, 2007 10:18 AM: Who cares what color the subjects were........ there going to jail and that all that matters!!


    packe wrote on October 08, 2007 09:59 AM: Im glad the officer is okay.


    BIGOTRYisAlive wrote on October 08, 2007 09:31 AM: "let me guess the suspects were black"

    Yeah...we all know that ONLY blacks or people of color rather, own guns and act out in violence. I think the "alleged" killer in Wisconsin was a person of color...I'm guessing he could have been albino maybe because all pictures and descriptions of him had no pigmentation. It's 2007...


    Lisa wrote on October 08, 2007 09:11 AM: Too bad they weren't shot dead by the cop. Now when they get out of jail, they're likely to kill somebody. Why would someone drive around with a shotgun unless they are looking to kill.


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