Former Raider arrested in shooting

Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2004 | 10:44 a.m.

Former Oakland Raiders kicker Cole Ford was arrested Tuesday night after authorities identified him as the man behind a drive-by shooting at the home of entertainers Siegfried & Roy.

Ford, 31, whose three-year NFL career ended in 1997, was named in a felony warrant stemming from the Sept. 21 shooting, Metro Police Sgt. Chris Jones said.

Ford was captured without incident about 4:15 p.m. at the Kinko's at 395 Hughes Center Drive, near the Las Vegas Strip. A woman who works there called police after recognizing Ford. She told police she had seen his photograph on the America's Most Wanted Web site.

Police had identified Ford as the owner of a white minivan from which shots allegedly were fired at the compound owned by illusionists Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn. No one was hurt, but police said shotgun pellets shattered windows and left a hole in a wall.

Ford faces six felony warrant charges of discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle and two felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon.

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