IN BRIEF
FACING CHARGES
School police say boy had unloaded gun
A 13-year-old boy at Von Tobel Middle School was found with an unloaded .22-caliber handgun Monday morning, school police said.
The boy, who was not named because he is a juvenile, was charged with possession of a dangerous weapon and carrying a concealed weapon. He was arrested and taken to the Clark County Juvenile Detention Center.
School officials were alerted by another student who saw the gun. Clark County School District police Capt. Jim Ketsaa said the boy is believed to have brought the gun to the campus, at 2436 N. Pecos Road, north of Lake Mead Boulevard, because he was fearful of an adult in the neighborhood.
"It was nothing to do with the school," Ketsaa said.
CASE INVESTIGATED
60-year-old man found dead is identified
The 60-year-old man found dead in his North Las Vegas apartment Sunday has been identified as Bobby Ray Snyder by the Clark County coroner's office.
North Las Vegas police, who are awaiting autopsy results, are investigating Snyder's death as a homicide.
Snyder was discovered around noon Sunday by a relative who went to his home at Judith Villas Apartments, in the 700 block of Nelson Avenue.
Police said Sunday that the man had suffered "obvious injuries" but did not describe them.
Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to call investigators at 633-9111 or Crime Stoppers 385-5555.
EXPLOSION REPORTED
Man injured in fire at auto repair shop
One man was injured and a North Las Vegas auto repair shop was gutted Sunday night in what several witnesses said was an explosion inside the building.
Fire investigators don't know what sparked the 6:15 p.m. explosion at Cottman Transmission Center, 980 N. Nellis Blvd. near Bonanza Road. Firefighters were able to douse the flames before they spread to nearby businesses, Clark County Fire Department spokesman Scott Allison said.
One unidentified man was inside the repair shop at the time of the explosion and suffered burns mostly to his back. He was taken to University Medical Center. Allison did not know the man's condition. No other injuries were reported.
Witnesses told firefighters that the explosion came from one of the cars inside the garage, Allison said.
The cost of the damage had not been determined Monday afternoon.
PERSON OF INTEREST
Police: Man linked to slaying probe kills self
A man who was a person of interest in a homicide investigation shot and killed himself Monday at a mobile home park after police arrived with a search warrant, Las Vegas police said.
Homicide Lt. Lew Roberts did not identify the man who shot himself.
Police said they went to Sunrise Mobile Home Community, at 6223 E. Sahara Avenue, near Nellis Boulevard, about 10:30 a.m.
Roberts said the man did not cooperate with police and locked himself in his home. Police called a SWAT unit and evacuated the park.
When police entered the man's home, Roberts said they found him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Roberts also said he didn't believe a coroner's inquest would be conducted into the incident because the gunshot was self-inflicted.
Roberts said the deceased man was a person of interest in a case involving the death of a Las Vegas man whose body was found in Barstow, Calif., in October.
Roberts did not give out the name of that victim, who was in his early 20s.
TRIP STILL PLANNED
Elko band not selected for inaugural parade
Elko High School's marching band plans to be in Washington, D.C., next month for the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama, but the "Pride of Nevada" won't be marching down Pennsylvania Avenue.
The band has received word that it hasn't been invited to participate.
Instead, Green Valley High School was tapped for the parade. It will be the second time in its history that Green Valley will march in a presidential inauguration.
Elko band director Walt Lovell said band members will use their time in the nation's capital to be a part of history and enjoy the sights.
