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April 19, 2024

Suspect in Strip shooting gets 2 to 5 years in bribery case

Strip Shooter Makes Court Appearance

Steve Marcus

Ammar Harris, the suspect the Feb. 21 Las Vegas Strip shooting and car crash that killed three people, appears in court at the Regional Justice Center Wednesday, April 17, 2013.

Updated Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015 | 10:18 a.m.

A self-described pimp imprisoned and awaiting a death penalty trial in a Las Vegas Strip shooting and fiery crash was sentenced to two to five additional years behind bars in a separate prison bribery and smuggling case.

Ammar Harris is and already serving 16 years to life in prison for a rape and robbery conviction.

He was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty in October to felony bribery of a public officer.

The 28-year-old Harris was accused of having food, methamphetamines, vodka and a cellphone smuggled to him last year at a Nevada state prison outside Las Vegas.

He's now held at another state prison.

Harris' trial in the shooting and crash case is set for July.

He's accused of murder, attempted murder and weapon charges in the February 2013 incident.

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