Tuesday, April 13, 2004 | 11:03 a.m.
One wounded in shooting
A 27-year-old man was arrested Monday after a shooting believed to be gang-related left a woman with a graze wound, Metro Police said.
About 2 p.m., police were called to a home in the 9200 block of Isle Pointe Court, near Flamingo Road and the Las Vegas Beltway, regarding a person with a gun. Two people argued over property in a driveway of the home, police said.
Police allege Amil Campbell and the other man pulled out guns and began shooting at each other. A female passenger in Campbell's Ford Mustang suffered a wound in her left side when a bullet came through the windshield.
Campbell drove the woman to Southern Hills Hospital, then abandoned his car there and got a ride from someone driving a silver BMW. The woman was treated for minor injuries and released.
The silver BMW was found on Tropicana Avenue near Decatur Boulevard. Campbell was arrested on two counts of attempted murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle.
Motorcycle cop injured in crash
A Nevada Highway Patrol trooper was injured after he drove his motorcycle into the side of a flatbed truck Monday morning at the intersection of the Las Vegas Beltway and Sunset Road.
Trooper Josh Moses was traveling southbound on the beltway about 10:20 a.m. when a K & K Framing truck stopped westbound at a stop sign on Sunset Road at the beltway, Nevada Highway Patrol spokeswoman Angie Wolff said.
The truck's driver, 29-year-old Jason Jackson of Las Vegas, told police he did not see Moses and proceeded through the intersection.
Moses, who did not have a stop sign, drove his motorcycle through the intersection and into the truck, Wolff said.
Moses was taken by ambulance to University Medical Center, where he was treated for cuts and moderate injuries.
Charges will be filed against Jackson for failing to yield the right of way, Wolff said. Additional charges may be filed against Jackson pending further investigation, she said.
Man shot by police in serious condition
A 30-year-old Las Vegas man shot by Metro Police officers early Sunday remained in serious condition this morning at University Medical Center.
Patrol officers were dispatched about 1:30 a.m. to the 11000 block of Cardinal Court near Far Hills and the Las Vegas Beltway regarding a dispute between neighbors.
When officers knocked on Bret McNaboe's, door he answered with a gun in his hand, Metro Capt. Tom Lozich said. The officers ordered McNaboe to put the gun down, but instead he allegedly raised the gun and pointed it at the officers, Lozich said.
Officer Robert Swales, 31, shot McNaboe, police said. Swales has been with Metro for 2 1/2 years, police said.
McNaboe's weapon was later determined to be a BB gun, Lozich said. Detectives will consult the Clark County district attorney's office to determine if criminal charges should be filed against McNaboe.
A use of force board comprising police officials and citizens will review the case within the next few weeks and decide whether the shooting was appropriate under Metro's policies.
Supreme Court judge honored
About 100 supporters of the Caucus of African American Nevadans gathered Monday evening to honor the newly appointed state Supreme Court Judge Michael Douglas, the state's first African American Supreme Court Judge.
The Caucus was formed in March but already has won supporters in the African American community and has scheduled several events, including helping to coordinate a fund-raiser Saturday for Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga.
Lewis is a civil rights activist who will be in town on Saturday to speak at the Nevada Democratic Convention.
At Monday's gathering, the caucus' spokesman, Cordell Stokes, said that African Americans typically focus on city council, county commission or mayoral races. In order to fight for civil rights, he said, the community must pay more attention to supporting African American judges such as Douglas.
Robert Fowler, the caucus' president, encouraged the participants to register to vote and get involved in this year's election.
"Power will concede nothing without a struggle," he said. "Make no mistake about it, we still are in the middle of a struggle."
Two stabbed at Fremont Experience
Two people were stabbed about 4 a.m. today at the Fremont Street Experience, Metro Police said.
A fight, believed to be gang-related, began about 4 a.m. among at least three people. Police were called and they found two victims with stab wounds. Both were taken to University Medical Center, where one was admitted in critical condition, Officer Jose Montoya, police spokesman, said.
The suspect was seen driving away in a white Nissan Sentra, Montoya said.
Seized pit bulls won't be killed
Thirteen pit bull terriers seized from a Henderson home after a 24-hour standoff last week will not be euthanized, police said on Tuesday.
Henderson Animal Care and Control returned five of the dogs to Jill Powers on Saturday, and arrangements are being made for the others to go to a shelter in Utah, Henderson Police spokesman Keith Paul said.
Powers' boyfriend, Jeffrey M. Donnelly, 38, barricaded himself inside Powers' mother's house with the dogs last week and, police say, fired 17 shots at police before surrendering.
Under Henderson ordinance, an individual may keep up to three pit bulls. Paul said Powers, the dogs' legal owner, intended to keep two of the animals and give three to friends. Police had previously said some of the pit bulls might be euthanized because animal control could not be responsible for them.
Guilty plea in killing stands
Jason Webber has lost his appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court to withdraw his guilty plea to first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of his brother-in-law in Las Vegas in 2001. The court said last Friday that Webber could not show his trial attorney was ineffective when Webber pleaded guilty to the murder of Marc Lohr, 31. He received a life term with parole eligibility in 20 years.
Prison smoking ban upheld
The Nevada Supreme Court has rejected six inmates' challenge of the smoking restrictions in the state prison system.
The court Friday upheld the ruling of District Judge John M. Iroz, who granted a pretrial summary judgment in favor of the state Department of Corrections and against the inmates, who are confined at the prison in Pershing County.
The inmates said the state can impose limits or restrictions in public buildings. But prisons are not considered public buildings, they argued.
New state computer system running
The state Information Technology Department is now successfully running a new mainframe computer and software operating system that will cost $22.3 million over the next five years.
Terry Savage, head of the department, said there will be a $2.4 million savings over the total originally projected, due to "aggressive software contract negotiations."
The system has been operating without problem for three weeks, Savage said. The mainframe is used to run major programs by the state Welfare Division, the Child and Family Services Division, the Motor Vehicles Department and the Employment, Training and Rehabilitation Department.
Little Ash Springs reopens
The Bureau of Land Management reopened to the public the Little Ash Springs recreation site on Monday after it had been closed since Thursday for the cleanup of a diesel spill.
Little Ash Springs, about 150 miles north of Las Vegas on U.S. Highway 93, is a popular recreation and home to the White River springfish, a federally listed endangered species.
BLM Ely office officials said about five gallons of diesel fuel were poured into the springs about a week ago. The investigation into the dumping is continuing.
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