IN BRIEF

VEHICLE BREAK-IN

Man wounded in shooting leaves hospital, goes to jail

One of the men wounded when a North Las Vegas homeowner shot him for breaking into his vehicle was released from the hospital Monday.

Ivan Duenas, 29, was released from University Medical Center about 6:30 p.m. and booked into the North Las Vegas Detention Center on one count of burglary to a motor vehicle and one count of possession of burglary tools, North Las Vegas police said.

Duenas and 36-year-old Arturo Namez were shot and critically injured on March 14 after police said they were tampering with a vehicle in front of a home on the 4500 block of Shannon Jean Court, near Craig Road and Fifth Street. Namez, who also was hospitalized and released, is charged in the case as well.

The owner of the vehicle, James Bulah, came out of the house with a rifle about 5:45 a.m. and fired on the two burglars, who fled in a pickup and crashed into a brick wall down the street.

Bulah, 60, has been charged with two counts of battery with a deadly weapon.

OFFICIAL GRAND OPENING

Shooting park ceremony drawing congressional crowd

Nevada's entire congressional delegation will be on hand Saturday for the official grand opening of the Clark County Shooting Park.

Sens. Harry Reid, D-Nev., and John Ensign, R-Nev., will be there. Reps. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., Dina Titus, D-Nev., and Dean Heller, R-Nev., also will attend the 10:30 a.m. ceremony at 11357 N. Decatur Blvd.

Wayne LaPierre, the National Rifle Association's chief executive, and state Sen. John Lee, D-North Las Vegas, also will attend.

For most of them, this won't be their first visit to the shooting park. Several participated in a dedication ceremony in August. The park features a rifle and pistol range, trap-and-skeet fields, a shotgun center, an archery range and a hunter education center with a 90-seat classroom.

It opened on weekends in December and now operates full-time, Wednesdays through Sundays, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

TODAY AND THURSDAY

Veterans Stand Down aims to help homeless

Social service, nonprofit and veterans organizations are joining forces today and Thursday for an annual event that helps homeless veterans.

The Veterans Stand Down, hosted by the nonprofit U.S. Vets, provides food, clothing, medical care, legal assistance, housing referrals and other services to the valley's estimated thousands of homeless veterans.

The two-day event runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 1730 N. Pecos Road, near Owens Avenue. Organizers expect about 600 people to attend.