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Two men, including one from Henderson, who worked for BP during the 2010 Gulf oil spill disaster have been charged with manslaughter and a third with lying to federal investigators, according to indictments made public Thursday, hours after BP announced it was paying $4.5 billion in a settlement with the U.S. government over the disaster.
Las Vegas police training is scattershot. Poor radio communication and other tactical errors often happen during officer-involved shootings, according to a U.S. Department of Justice study of the agency released Thursday.
The U.S. Department of Justice today will present the results of its seven-month investigation of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, with about 75 recommendations of ways the agency can reduce officer-involved shootings, improve accountability and provide better disclosure about the incidents.
A friend says Albert Gutierrez, a landlord who recently lost his condos in North Las Vegas to foreclosure, shot himself to death early Wednesday, hours after he fatally shot a man and injured a woman who owed him money.
A man who barricaded himself inside a Henderson grocery store bathroom and was thought to have a child hostage was shot by SWAT officers after he exited the restroom with a gun drawn. Police later learned the weapon was a pellet gun, and the child turned out to be an infant-sized doll on the changing table next to the man’s other belongings.
