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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-crime/2003/oct/24/515778288.html
Today: October 24, 2003 at 11:26:22 PDT
Carjacking spree ends in shootout, suicide
By Dan Kulin
and Jace Radke
LAS VEGAS SUN
A man killed himself this morning after stealing several cars, including two police vehicles, getting into a shootout with Metro Police officers and killing a police dog, officials said.
The series of five carjackings in northwest Las Vegas started just after midnight and police had major roads closed this morning for the investigation, causing a rush-hour traffic jam.
The crime spree ended when the man apparently shot himself in the head while driving a stolen patrol SUV along U.S. 95, Metro Lt. Tom Monahan said.
It all began with the carjacking of a sedan in the 1500 block of West Bonanza Road, near Martin Luther King Boulevard, Lt. Les Lane, a Metro watch commander, said. Two suspects stole the car by force and drove off.
About an hour later, he said, the car crashed at the Suncoast. The two suspects got out of the wrecked car and one fled on foot, Monahan said.
The other robbed a car from an elderly couple, then saw a Toyota Rav4, abandoned the stolen car and carjacked the sport-utility vehicle, Monahan said.
In the area of Lake Mead Boulevard and Buffalo Drive the lone carjacker attracted the attention of a Paiute tribal police officer, who was off duty but in uniform and in his patrol car, probably on his way home, Monahan said.
The officer approached the suspect, who pulled a gun on him, took the officer's weapon and stole the tribal police car. He ordered a female passenger out and drove off.
The woman flagged down two Metro K-9 officers who were finishing a dinner break nearby. They saw the tribal patrol car heading east on Lake Mead Boulevard and gave chase, Monahan said.
Between Buffalo Drive and Tenaya Way, the man bailed out of the stolen patrol car, which continued moving several hundred yards before it crashed to a stop, Monahan said. The man started firing at the K-9 officers with a gun in each hand, Monahan said.
One officer returned fire and drove around to get into a better position, Monahan said. The other stopped and took cover behind his patrol car, an Expedition sport-utility vehicle, he said.
When the second officer tried to get back into his SUV to move, the gunman shot out his driver's side window, Monahan said. The officer took cover again, and the gunman jumped into the patrol SUV and took off, he said.
It's only the second time in his 19-year career Monahan could remember a patrol car being stolen.
"We're trained to get out of our cars," Monahan said. "The last thing you worry about when you're taking fire is whether the car is still running."
At some point in the stolen K-9 vehicle, the man shot the police dog, who was muzzled, to death, Monahan said. He drove the SUV onto U.S. 95.
Other officers joined the chase on the freeway.
"The evidence suggests that the suspect shot himself once in the head while driving at freeway speed," Monahan said. The SUV continued about half a mile along the freeway, then crashed into the concrete barrier, he said.
The gunman, who had not been identified this morning, was pronounced dead at the scene, Monahan said.
Monahan said the gunman appeared to have died of a gunshot wound in the head and did not appear to have other wounds, but an autopsy, to be conducted Saturday, would determine the official cause of death. Toxicology tests also will be done, Monahan said.
No one other than the gunman and police dog was harmed, Monahan said.
Monahan said it was lucky that the series of chases occurred late at night.
"Were this to happen at 2 in the afternoon instead of 2 in the morning, we probably would have had bodies all over Lake Mead," Monahan said.
The multiple police scenes caused Lake Mead Boulevard from Buffalo to Tenaya to be closed during the rush hour, as well as part of U.S. 95. The freeway was opened about 8 a.m. Lake Mead reopened about 10:15 a.m.
About 8:30 a.m., police started letting people walk across the streets to the many shops and businesses in the area near the shooting.
"I'm a little surprised that this happened in this neighborhood, but it doesn't sound like it started here. I guess these things can end up anywhere," said Dina Anderson, a nail technician at Destination Garden Spa, 7331 W. Lake Mead Blvd.
At nearby Cimarron-Memorial High School, Principal Janice Rowland said as a precaution the school locked the gates leading to the parking lot during first period.
"We did that so that we could make sure we knew who was coming in and out of campus," Rowland said. "Other than that, it's been business as usual for us, with the exception of a lot of tardies this morning."
Stacey Fishberg, a massage therapist who works with Anderson, worried about how the street closures would affect the business.
"We're going to be losing hundreds of dollars today. Fridays are our big days and make our week for us," she said.
But the two spa employees said the thing that most upset them was the news that the police dog had been killed.
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Sounds like one less really bad dude out there. Glad he didn't hurt anyone else. Goes to show what can happen if caught in condition white.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-crime/2003/oct/24/515778288.html
Today: October 24, 2003 at 11:26:22 PDT
Carjacking spree ends in shootout, suicide
By Dan Kulin
and Jace Radke
LAS VEGAS SUN
A man killed himself this morning after stealing several cars, including two police vehicles, getting into a shootout with Metro Police officers and killing a police dog, officials said.
The series of five carjackings in northwest Las Vegas started just after midnight and police had major roads closed this morning for the investigation, causing a rush-hour traffic jam.
The crime spree ended when the man apparently shot himself in the head while driving a stolen patrol SUV along U.S. 95, Metro Lt. Tom Monahan said.
It all began with the carjacking of a sedan in the 1500 block of West Bonanza Road, near Martin Luther King Boulevard, Lt. Les Lane, a Metro watch commander, said. Two suspects stole the car by force and drove off.
About an hour later, he said, the car crashed at the Suncoast. The two suspects got out of the wrecked car and one fled on foot, Monahan said.
The other robbed a car from an elderly couple, then saw a Toyota Rav4, abandoned the stolen car and carjacked the sport-utility vehicle, Monahan said.
In the area of Lake Mead Boulevard and Buffalo Drive the lone carjacker attracted the attention of a Paiute tribal police officer, who was off duty but in uniform and in his patrol car, probably on his way home, Monahan said.
The officer approached the suspect, who pulled a gun on him, took the officer's weapon and stole the tribal police car. He ordered a female passenger out and drove off.
The woman flagged down two Metro K-9 officers who were finishing a dinner break nearby. They saw the tribal patrol car heading east on Lake Mead Boulevard and gave chase, Monahan said.
Between Buffalo Drive and Tenaya Way, the man bailed out of the stolen patrol car, which continued moving several hundred yards before it crashed to a stop, Monahan said. The man started firing at the K-9 officers with a gun in each hand, Monahan said.
One officer returned fire and drove around to get into a better position, Monahan said. The other stopped and took cover behind his patrol car, an Expedition sport-utility vehicle, he said.
When the second officer tried to get back into his SUV to move, the gunman shot out his driver's side window, Monahan said. The officer took cover again, and the gunman jumped into the patrol SUV and took off, he said.
It's only the second time in his 19-year career Monahan could remember a patrol car being stolen.
"We're trained to get out of our cars," Monahan said. "The last thing you worry about when you're taking fire is whether the car is still running."
At some point in the stolen K-9 vehicle, the man shot the police dog, who was muzzled, to death, Monahan said. He drove the SUV onto U.S. 95.
Other officers joined the chase on the freeway.
"The evidence suggests that the suspect shot himself once in the head while driving at freeway speed," Monahan said. The SUV continued about half a mile along the freeway, then crashed into the concrete barrier, he said.
The gunman, who had not been identified this morning, was pronounced dead at the scene, Monahan said.
Monahan said the gunman appeared to have died of a gunshot wound in the head and did not appear to have other wounds, but an autopsy, to be conducted Saturday, would determine the official cause of death. Toxicology tests also will be done, Monahan said.
No one other than the gunman and police dog was harmed, Monahan said.
Monahan said it was lucky that the series of chases occurred late at night.
"Were this to happen at 2 in the afternoon instead of 2 in the morning, we probably would have had bodies all over Lake Mead," Monahan said.
The multiple police scenes caused Lake Mead Boulevard from Buffalo to Tenaya to be closed during the rush hour, as well as part of U.S. 95. The freeway was opened about 8 a.m. Lake Mead reopened about 10:15 a.m.
About 8:30 a.m., police started letting people walk across the streets to the many shops and businesses in the area near the shooting.
"I'm a little surprised that this happened in this neighborhood, but it doesn't sound like it started here. I guess these things can end up anywhere," said Dina Anderson, a nail technician at Destination Garden Spa, 7331 W. Lake Mead Blvd.
At nearby Cimarron-Memorial High School, Principal Janice Rowland said as a precaution the school locked the gates leading to the parking lot during first period.
"We did that so that we could make sure we knew who was coming in and out of campus," Rowland said. "Other than that, it's been business as usual for us, with the exception of a lot of tardies this morning."
Stacey Fishberg, a massage therapist who works with Anderson, worried about how the street closures would affect the business.
"We're going to be losing hundreds of dollars today. Fridays are our big days and make our week for us," she said.
But the two spa employees said the thing that most upset them was the news that the police dog had been killed.
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Sounds like one less really bad dude out there. Glad he didn't hurt anyone else. Goes to show what can happen if caught in condition white.
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