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Construction worker
shot in robbery try
A construction worker was in critical condition Thursday at University Medical Center, the victim of two young men who tried to steal his tool belt.
The man's name has not been released. Las Vegas police Lt. Wayne Petersen said the man was working on renovations of the Marble Manor apartments at 1115 McWilliams Ave. About 12:45 p.m., he walked into the back door of the building and the two young men walked into the front. They confronted the worker inside, demanding his tool belt.
Petersen said police are investigating a nearly identical robbery that occurred at the same site Wednesday. In that incident, a construction worker was robbed of his tool belt by two young men. No one was hurt.
This time, the construction worker turned to run, Petersen said, and one of the men fired a gun. The bullet struck the man's arm and entered his chest.
The man managed to run to another apartment, where he got other workers to help him, Petersen said. The two young men ran away.
Fire continues to burn
in Spring Mountains
Rangers say they hope to put out by Saturday a forest fire that has already burned 600 acres of the Spring Mountains range near Wheeler Well.
Jim Tallerico, district ranger in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, Toiyabe National Forest, expects the 190 firefighters to complete a line around the fire by today or Saturday.
Firefighters have been working since Tuesday, when lightning ignited part of the forest about 15 miles northeast of Pahrump on the west slope of the Spring Mountains.
The fire has not threatened any homes or communities, he added.
This first forest fire of the year came earlier than usual, Tallerico said. He warned that this year's dry conditions likely will result in three to four forest fires.
"We're real dry and we're seeing very unusual fire behavior for this time of year," he said. "It's burning hotter and more intense than we expect. This is more like a July or August fire."
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