Two indicted in restaurant robbery, shooting of officer

Kim Smith

Monday, July 31, 2000 | 10:39 a.m.

Two men have been indicted in a Mexican restaurant robbery that resulted in a Metro Police officer losing his eye.

Markus Weatherspoon and Darnell Graham Harris were indicted by a Clark County grand jury on 14 counts stemming from the June 14 incident. They are being held in the Clark County Detention Center on $1 million bail each.

According to the indictment, they conspired with other unknown people to rob the Macayo Vegas restaurant, 4457 W. Charleston Blvd., and during the robbery held at least two people at gunpoint.

After leaving the restaurant, they shot Officer Pete Rossi's vehicle twice, striking his front driver's side bumper and his windshield, the indictment states. One of the bullets hit Rossi, 26, in the face, causing him to lose his left eye.

According to the indictment and police, after ditching their getaway vehicle, Weatherspoon and Harris forced a woman walking out of a nearby restaurant into her Chevrolet Blazer and drove away. She was later released near Rancho Drive and Bonanza Road.

A preliminary hearing for the pair was scheduled for Friday, but was canceled when it was learned the men had been indicted.

The search for a third suspect continues.