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A breakdown in communication between police supervisors and the firing officer might have contributed to the shooting Monday of disabled veteran Stanley Gibson, multiple department sources said.
Prosecutors and defense lawyers are far apart on how to proceed with a hearing next month to determine Dr. Dipak Desai’s competency to stand trial on criminal charges stemming from the hepatitis C outbreak.
Las Vegas police have shot 15 people dead in the past 18 months. But there is no federal investigation, even though fatal shootings in other cities have led to federal inquiries.