The Week in Review: Top news

A gunman opened fire at a funeral Wednesday, wounding six adults and a teenager gathered to remember a man who was stabbed to death on the Strip on June 25.

A police source said the shooter might have been trying to kill a witness to the slaying, one of three violent deaths in the resort corridor in 11 days.

The recent violence prompted police officials to have a news conference to reassure the public about the safety of the Strip.

No one died in Wednesday's shooting at Palm Mortuary in downtown Las Vegas, where about 50 people had gathered to pay their respects to 21-year-old Andres Elena, who died from injuries suffered in a stabbing on a pedestrian walkway linking the MGM Grand and New York-New York.

The shooter's possible target was not wounded in the attack.

Monday

Police shoot man

Las Vegas police shot and killed a man while investigating a domestic disturbance.

Officers were called to a home near Las Vegas Boulevard and Pecos Road at about 11:30 p.m.

Police later identified the man as Luis Carlos Silva, 54, and said early evidence indicated he pointed a gun at officers, who then shot him.

Tuesday

No 'ballot royale'

The Nevada Supreme Court cleared the two major political parties to choose one candidate each for the state's open 2nd Congressional District seat, putting an end to Secretary of State Ross Miller's vision of a "ballot royale."

There will be only four candidates -- not 30 -- on the ballot when U.S. Sen. Dean Heller's replacement is chosen in a special election Sept. 13.

Republican Mark Amodei and Democratic state Treasurer Kate Marshall will top the ballot with one independent candidate and one candidate from the Independent American Party.

Wednesday

NLV crisis deepens

North Las Vegas city staffers were given two weeks to come up with a new budget-cutting plan to avoid a financial emergency and a potential state takeover of the cash-strapped city's finances.

City Council members directed staff to bring back a plan that makes $8.6 million in cuts to the fiscal 2012 budget.

Options include laying off the city's remaining nonpublic safety staff, privatizing some basic city services, and selling off major facilities, including the new City Hall and a $300 million sewer plant now tangled up in a federal lawsuit.

Thursday

Wrong man jailed

Las Vegas police officials admitted their lab bungled DNA evidence in a 2001 robbery, sending an innocent man to prison for four years while the real assailant was free to commit more crimes.

In an unusually candid and thorough explanation, police officials said Dwayne Jackson was wrongly convicted after his DNA sample was switched with that of his cousin, Howard Dupree Grissom.

Police later acknowledged that they missed a chance to catch the mistake when Grissom was sent to prison in Nevada in 2008 for another violent robbery.

The blunder wasn't discovered until Grissom got out of prison last year and went to California, where he robbed, raped and stabbed a woman.

Friday

Election Redo halted

A District Court judge ruled that North Las Vegas can't have a special election to resolve questions about an ineligible voter in a June 7 City Council contest decided by one vote.

Wade Wagner beat Ward 4 incumbent Councilman Richard Cherchio in the race.

The council wanted to redo the election on July 19 in one precinct and allow all registered voters to take part, even if they didn't cast ballots in the first race.

QUOTES

"I remember an NBA owner once telling me, 'You know, Armon isn't the best player in the NBA. He's the best person.'"
Jerry Tarkanian
Former UNLV basketball coach, talking about Rebel great Armon Gilliam, who died Tuesday night while playing a pick-up game near Pittsburgh. Gilliam was 47.

"It was a blur. I had no idea what I was doing. They just threw me the gavel and said, 'It's yours.'"
Oscar Goodman
Reflecting on his first day as Las Vegas Mayor on his last day in office Tuesday.

"If I can just remember to put my right foot in front of my left, and if you'll help me across the street, we will get this city healthy."
Carolyn Goodman
After being sworn in to replace her husband as Las Vegas mayor.