IN BRIEF

LAS VEGAS VIOLENCE

Report: Man killed in traffic knew attacker

The man shot dead while waiting in traffic last month knew his attacker, according to the suspect's arrest report.

While investigating the death of 48-year-old Michael McDaniels, who was killed in traffic in broad daylight Dec. 16, Las Vegas police homicide detectives learned that he was involved in a dispute with 50-year-old Ralph Fuller "over drug-related monies owed to McDaniels," Fuller's arrest report says.

Earlier that morning, McDaniels drove to Fuller's mother's house in North Las Vegas and fired a handgun into the house, the arrest report says.

Police found that McDaniels had exchanged several phone calls with Fuller in the minutes leading up to his 9 a.m. slaying while he sat in his truck at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Owens Avenue.

The arrest report states that Fuller used a car that had been reported stolen to drive up behind McDaniels in the intersection. It says Fuller then walked up to McDaniels' truck and shot him several times.

The car belonged to North Las Vegas man Bryan Lucas, the boyfriend of Fuller's daughter. Lucas told investigators that his girlfriend told him to report the car stolen about 9 a.m., around the time of the slaying, the report says.

Lucas told police that he knew the car was not actually stolen when he reported it to North Las Vegas police that morning. Fuller has been arrested for murder with a deadly weapon and is being held without bail in the Clark County Detention Center.

DEATH OF PALO VERDE STUDENT

Teen suspects to get separate summer trials

The two teens accused of shooting and killing a Palo Verde freshman in February were granted separate trials Wednesday and are scheduled to go to trial this summer.

District Judge Stefany Miley gave Gerald Davison and Ezekiel Williams separate trials because one defendant's defense could hurt the other, said E. Brent Bryson, the attorney representing Williams.

Davison and Williams are accused of killing Christopher Privett, 15, in February in a drive-by shooting. Davison will be tried in July and Williams in August.

YUCCA MOUNTAIN

Budget cuts might delay license review

The license review to build a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain is on schedule so far, but federal officials warned Wednesday that further budget cuts could kick it off track.

There already are signs that tight spending might be having an impact, even before Congress finishes Yucca Mountain bills for 2009 and 2010 that many expect will be reduced.