Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2004 | 9:25 a.m.
Man shot to death; woman injured
A 20-year-old man was shot and killed Monday night during an argument at the Buena Vista Springs apartment complex in North Las Vegas, police said.
A woman inside one of the apartments was also shot when a bullet passed through a window or wall, Officer Tim Bedwell, police spokesman, said. She received non-life-threatening injuries, he said.
Police received numerous 911 calls about 8:30 p.m. from the apartment complex near Carey Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard. Residents reported a disturbance in the common area outside one of the buildings.
Officers arrived and found Gilbert Randolph Henry of North Las Vegas dead in the alley behind the 1700 block of Carey, Bedwell said.
They searched the area on foot and from a Metro Police helicopter for suspects, but as of this morning no arrests had been made.
Police were investigating whether the homicide is gang-related.
Reid may offer bill on Horn video
Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., may intervene today in the ongoing feud over a videotape between federal investigators and the company that produced the "Siegfried & Roy" show.
Reid may introduce a bill that would block Department of Agriculture investigators from obtaining a tape of Roy Horn being mauled by one of his tigers at a show last year.
Virginia-based Feld Entertainment had agreed to show USDA officials the tape, but not to hand over a copy. The longtime Las Vegas magicians fear the public could obtain the tape once the agency has a copy, and that it could end up in the news and on the Internet.
USDA officials have sought to obtain an actual copy, although they may have backed off that demand and come to an agreement with Feld, Reid spokeswoman Shannon Eagan said today. Still, Reid today may introduce an amendment to an Agriculture Department spending bill making its way through the Senate this week, Eagan said.
A USDA spokesman has declined to discuss case specifics.
Roy was attacked by one of his white tigers and had a stroke that left him partially paralyzed.
Death Valley road closed again
More rain forced Death Valley National Park officials to close one of the park's main scenic roads again Sunday morning, less than a day after the road had reopened.
Flash flooding and thunderstorms hit the southern end of the park Saturday night, park officials said, just hours after they had opened the Badwater Road, Highway 178, to Shoshone, Calif.
Workers were still assessing the damage this morning and park officials did not know when the road would be able to be reopened. It took workers three weeks to repair the road after flash floods swept the park Aug. 15.
Those rains also severely damaged several scenic side roads and State Highway 190 between Death Valley Junction and Furnace Creek, which officials estimate will take several months to repair.
Visitor facilities at Furnace Creek, Stovepipe Wells, Scotty's Castle and Panamint Springs were not affected by the flood, Park Superintendent J. T. Reynolds said, but he warned visitors in a written statement that "they should drive cautiously due to debris and dust left by recent storms."
For more information check the park's Web site at nps.gov/deva or call (760) 786-3200.
Mother sentenced in casino theft
MINDEN -- A Kansas mother of two has been sentenced to one to five years in prison for her role in the theft of $1.6 million from a Lake Tahoe casino.
Michelle Lawrence, of Topeka, was sentenced Monday by Douglas District Judge Michael Gibbons on her guilty plea to grand theft.
Lawrence, 28, was the fourth person sent to prison in the scam orchestrated by her husband.
Authorities said Jason Lawrence, 29, used his position as a pit boss at Harvey's casino to mark credit given to others as paid back when it wasn't. The others then cashed in their chips.
Jason Lawrence was sentenced to four to 10 years in prison.
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