Man arrested in Strip casino parking lot shooting
Monday, Nov. 3, 2008 | 5:03 p.m.
A 21-year-old man has been arrested and is facing an attempted murder charge in connection with a shooting that wounded another man in the leg at a Las Vegas Strip casino parking garage, Metro Police said.
Garrickson Metayer was arrested after the 3:30 a.m. Saturday shooting on the Mirage parking tower's fourth floor, police said.
Metayer is in the Clark County Detention Center on a charge of attempted murder with a deadly weapon, detection center records show.
The shooting victim was taken to the University Medical Center for treatment of a leg wound that police said was not life-threatening. His name was not released by police.
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