IN BRIEF
POLICE SHOOTING
Man ignored officers' orders to drop knife
A man shot by a police officer Sunday morning ignored repeated demands to drop a knife and sharpening shaft he was holding to his own neck, according a Las Vegas police report.
Julio Cesar Velazquez, 37, was shot once in the lower torso after officers say he muttered "mato," Spanish for "kill," while refusing to obey commands to drop the knife and stay within their view.
Officers received a call around 1:30 a.m. Sunday about a man standing with a knife pressed against his throat outside 4501 Swandale Ave., near Lamb Boulevard and Boulder Highway.
According to the report, Velazquez didn't heed demands to drop the weapons. He then tried to go into the house and was heard saying "mato." That's when an officer, fearing for the man's life and those possibly inside the home, fired one shot.
Velazquez was shot in the lower stomach and was treated at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. He was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on a charge of resisting arrest with a deadly weapon.
WWW.NEVADAJUDICIARY.US
State high court unveils new Web site
The state Supreme Court has launched an expanded, more user-friendly Web site to give the public information about the state court system.
The Web site is www.nevadajudiciary.us.
"The new Web site is capable of hosting much more information, which allows the court to let the public know more about the courts throughout the state," Chief Justice Jim Hardesty said.
Webcasts of oral arguments, calendars of coming events and information about past decisions are on the site.
INTERSTATE 15 CRASH
Woman thrown from SUV identified
The 21-year-old California woman killed Wednesday when the sport utility vehicle she was riding in crashed on Interstate 15 near Valley of Fire Road has been identified as Ashley Nicole Krieger.
The Lompoc, Calif., woman was in the back seat of a 2002 Ford Explorer heading south on I-15 when the driver veered onto the dirt center median and steered sharply to correct, causing the vehicle to overturn.
Krieger, who wasn't wearing her seat belt, was thrown from the car. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 23-year-old male driver and an infant were taken to University Medical Center with undisclosed injuries.
MOTOR HOME
Two teens die after vehicle strikes truck
Two teenage girls riding in a motor home died early Thursday when the vehicle struck a tractor trailer while trying to pass it on southbound Interstate 15, Nevada Highway Patrol officials said.
The two passengers were thrown from the 2008 International-brand motor home after it struck the back end of the big rig.
The motor home was traveling at high speed and trying to pass the tractor trailer near Valley of Fire Road around 5 a.m., Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Kevin Honea said.
Seven people were in the motor home, which had Utah plates. Ages of the two teens were not disclosed. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
Two other passengers were taken to University Medical Center with undisclosed injuries.
AIR FORCE CONTRACT
Aircraft parts broker accused of theft
An aircraft parts broker is facing federal charges that he collected almost $225,000 for parts and supplies never delivered to the Air Force.
U.S. Attorney Gregory Brower said Thursday that 52-year-old Douglas Edward Phillips III of Weston, Fla., was indicted in Las Vegas on conspiracy to defraud the government and theft of government funds charges.
Phillips owned Danco Aerospace Consulting Inc. Authorities say Phillips and Richard Thomas Barkley of EG&G in Las Vegas submitted almost $850,000 in false purchase orders and invoices.
Barkley pleaded guilty in 2007 to conspiracy, theft of government funds and money laundering. He was sentenced to more than three years in prison.
LONG BEACH MEDICAL CENTER
Worker kills two, then shoots himself
A hospital worker shot and killed two employees and then killed himself Thursday at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, police said.
Mario Ramirez, 50, of Alhambra, Calif., died of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. The victims were Hugo Bustamante, 46, of Cypress, and Kelly Hales, 56, of Redondo Beach.
Police Chief Anthony Batts said the violence erupted just before noon.
A hospital spokeswoman said all three men worked in an outpatient pharmacy where Bustamante was the manager and Hales was executive director.
