   View video, slide show See map Wicks’ civil rights complaintJohn L. Smith blog: Metro veterans share memories of fallen officer |
The gunman who opened fire in the federal courthouse this morning, killing a security officer and wounding a deputy U.S. marshal, was Johnny Lee Wicks, according to a law enforcement source.
In 2008 Wicks filed a federal race discrimination complaint against a regional commissioner with the Social Security Division. Wicks’ complaint stemmed from an encounter he had with regional commissioner at the social security office after learning his monthly social security payment would be reduced.
The security officer killed in the gunbattle was 72-year-old Stan Cooper, a retired Las Vegas police officer who worked for a federal contractor providing security at the courthouse, according to a source.
The gunman opened fire about 8 a.m. inside the lobby of the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse, 333 Las Vegas Blvd. South.
BATON ROUGE, La. — Carlon Brown hit a game-winning 3-pointer with 1:11 remaining, as Utah rallied from a 12-point second-half deficit to win 61-59 against Louisiana State on Saturday.
Apparently, there was no post-New Year’s hangover for the Wranglers.
It started out as a good idea, and promoter Roy Englebrecht still thinks it’s a good idea — a combined boxing and mixed arts tournament for up-and-coming fighters with a chance for a good payday if they reach the finals.
This is the week of the NFL season that turns oddsmakers and bettors alike into daredevils. Everyone is taking the leap of faith and developing an opinion on what might transpire in today’s games.
They weren’t great odds for a fair fight. It was always 2-on-1. It was always two brothers ganging up on another. The matchup wasn’t always the same, though. It sort of depended on the day.
The game plan designed for Rashad Evans was executed flawlessly for two rounds.
A brief lapse in the third, however, nearly cost him the fight in the main event of UFC 108 at the MGM Grand on Saturday night. View UFC 108 slide show
The first line of U.S. Senate candidate Danny Tarkanian’s campaign biography reminds readers of his starring role as point guard for UNLV’s basketball team.
Gov. Jim Gibbons had compared living with Dawn Gibbons to “being locked in a phone booth with an enraged ferret,” but it all came to a close on Monday when the couple’s divorce was finalized.
Two months away from her 78th birthday, Elizabeth Taylor is still one classy dame.
A veterans’ activist running for public office was arrested early New Year’s Day on two firearms related charges, police records show.