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By Jackie Valley (contact) 
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 | 12:37 p.m.
Carlos Barron
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North Las Vegas Police today identified a 40-year-old man who they say opened fire on a reality TV show crew in his neighborhood Monday after becoming angry that a van was parked in front of his house.
Authorities said the incident happened about 9:45 p.m. in the 2900 block of Vigilante Court, near Losee Road and Centennial Parkway.
Police said Carlos Barron began yelling at the van's occupants from a second-story window and then went outside to demand they move the van, at which point he allegedly struck the driver.
The TV crew, which was filming as a vehicle belonging to the man's neighbor was being repossessed as part of the show "Repo Games," went to help the van's driver, police said.
Barron then allegedly pulled a handgun from his waistband and fired multiple shots at the seven-person crew, police said. No one was injured.
The crew fled the area and called police. By the time officers arrived, Barron had barricaded himself inside his home, police said.
More than two hours later, Barran left through a rear window and jumped a wall in his backyard onto Azure Avenue and tried to run, police said.
A police dog apprehended Barron after he refused commands from officers, authorities said. He suffered minor injuries during the arrest.
Barron was booked into the North Las Vegas Detention Center in connection with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, aiming or discharging a firearm where a person might be in danger and obstructing a police officer.
Why don't the keep their reality shows in Hollywood? Why don't they park their van in Summerlin or Anthem, or Southern Highlands. Why must the poor and working class neighborhoods have to deal with these low life media sharks? trying to make a buck off other people's misfortune?
The address was Vigilante Court? Perfect.
Oh for goodness sakes mred.... it was a public street.
mred
Are you kidding? Watching poor people's misfortunes is great entertainment. Ever watch Cops? They're always in North or east Las Vegas because that's where all the drugged-out destitute scumbags live.
I agree this is a public street and this crew had every right to shoot the show. This Barron character obviously has a big problem. Time for him to do some hard time. We dont need irrational people like him roaming the streets.
I hate these shows too but that doesn't give the guy a right to shoot at them. AND all the drugged out destitute scumbags do not just live in these areas. Don't forget the pot growing houses in "nice" areas. Watch any show on drugs and you know they are in all neighborhoods.
Have him serve 7 attempted murder sentences concurrently. Say, 140 years total.
Consecutively, sorry.
If they were there to film a realality show, why did the camera crew start running when it became real.
This guy is a hero. Those shows are cancer and nobody wants a TV crew parked in front of their house. I'm sure the neighbor was glad he intervened. Maybe it was just a warning shot or a light graze. FREE Carlos!
I bet they will think twice about who's house they park in front of next time...
move the van down the block, not guilty on all charges.
What a dumbass. What did he think was going to happen? Did he think that he would be hailed as a hero, given the keys to the city? My holy Christ how do mental giants such as this even make it that far in life?
MRED: You state "Why must the poor and working class neighborhoods have to deal with these low life media sharks? trying to make a buck off other people's misfortune?" This show is about getting people's cars PAID off. So, of course they focus on the "poor". Besides, I don't see how their making any dollars off of these "poor" families anyways. Do you people even know what "Repo Games" is even about?! "She explained that debtors on the show are "not thrilled" when they discover their repossessed cars hooked up to a tow truck, as a video crew captures their reaction. But they brighten a bit, she says, when they realize they've got a fighting chance to get their car back, with all debts paid off, if they successfully answer three out of five trivia questions." If people are getting their vehicles repoed...it's their OWN fault. Period. Neighbors, stay out of it.
If you watch enough reality television these days, you will note that the vast majority of the productions are based upon a human behavioral condition known as "Acute passive-aggressive behavior," and that the producers seem to be able to manipulate the participants into certain activities that they don't necessarily want to admit to the general viewership of their shows.
From the fishing shows to the logging shows, to the auction shows to the pawn shows and even the shows on garage sales, picking, antique appraisals, and stamp-collecting, the activities are such that one must always question whether the producers or directors were involved in coaching the participants into certain behaviors. The one involving the parents who turned into parent(singular) of eight children was so obviously completely controlled by the producers, otherwise those trips/vactions/excursions and other activities would NEVER have occurred. One must wonder just how much REALITY there is in "reality television!" One might wonder if, when the other six of "the seven-member crew" came to the van's driver's aid, and whether the defendant might have gotten in a little over his head, and was simply defending himself -- IT COULD HAPPEN! (and probably did!)
Let's see... this story is full of fun
A man on "Vigilante" street took matters into his own hands to scare off a reality TV crew... Sounds like a good reality TV piece...
If people would just paid their bills then stuff like this doesn't happen. Ghetto rats need to get a life.
Right idea, wrong reality show(s). His efforts would have been better served taking shots at Rehab at the Hard Rock or taking it on the road to The Jersey Shore.
99.9% of all reality shows are scripted. They are led down a path. Most human lives are pretty boring. Get up, shower, go to work, home, dinner, tv, bed. The Kardashians would be the same as you...but they are given direction, plots, taken to places to cause a scene, fight with their mom, etc. If they truly filmed a day in the life of Kim Kardashian, you be bored to death.
Perhaps we should ponder why anyone would watch these sorts of "reality" shows.
Back in the 1950's, one critic stated that TV had the potential to become a "vast wasteland." In large part, it has.
While there is some excellent programming on certain TV stations, it seems that most of the time TV content is aimed at the simple-minded, the fearful -- you know -- morons.
While TV is not a wasteland, there are some pretty arid and ugly regions to be avoided.
Unfortunately Mred, the popularity of these shows will ensure that someone will continue "trying to make a buck off other people's misfortune". Your comment is probably the very same one conscientious Romans made about Christians being thrown to the beasts.
Sorry to inform some of you..but those "repo" shows are fake, made for ratings. I'm sure this was also set up and this scumbag ruined their scripted episode becasue he was a deadbeat who probably hadn't paid anything on his vehicle in a few months and saw a tow truck out front.
@Mred...Geez. You have problems. Serious problems. I've noticed you don't sleep because you respond with your ULTRA liberal comments at all times of night and day. You need help.
Deport his ass!
Is this the same repo tv show that has the really fat woman with the drawn-on black eyebrows and all the piercings?
I believe the wrath of Mred is due to his vehicle being repossessed by the crew...duck and run, Mred, duck and run.
Just to get an idea of the quality of this show...it's from the same producer as Jersey Shore. I should have guessed. The lowest common denominator of class, or in this case, classless
From Nevadafreedomfighter
"trivia question #1 how many bullets do i have gringo?" LMAO!!
Even better kids, one of the local news channels reports that this guy is a teacher!
Good job, Carlos. Always be armed with a handgun, and be ready to use it!
He should have called Derek Colling. I hear that he has plenty of free time right now. He could have saved Barron some problems and that nasty dog bite.
Let's see a tv crew unloads all their gear at 9:45 on a weeknight and prepare to essentially conduct a game show in front of your home. Remember this production is from the people who gave us Jersey Shore, so respect for others is not a valued trait for these guys. This community has no sidewalks so there was no way they can accomplish any of this without getting on Barron's property. Repo men are often known to carry firearms to protect themselves from those who see them more as thieves than as agents of the bank, so it stands to reason that this crew was strapped and Barron may have very well have been trying to protect his property from a group of people who think taking a traumatic experience like having a vehicle repossessed is a excellent opportunity to make a buck by getting these desperate individuals to participate in a game show. And this is not the first time violence has surrounded this production. In an interview one of the "stars" says at one point, while filming in Dallas, "An all-out riot was on the verge of breaking out."
This guy belongs in prison. How can anyone justify firing a lethal weapon on an innocent film crew. I don't care what area they were in. It does not matter.
Much as I hate this kind of TV 'show,' they were parked on a public street. I wonder if Carlos ('macho' pseudo-vagina of a man) Barron (MORON?) is even a legal citizen or if he's used to the way things are done 'back home,' where ever that is.
A low class person doing a low class crime, in a low class neighborhood. DUH
Here's a new reality show idea for you all.
It's called Life
Jonathan
So this is reality, what really happened, and they didn't even have to pay to write a script!
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Joel is apparently OK with people trying to kill with handguns. Yeah! More guns! That's the ticket to a more civilized society...not!
Diversity, yet another violation of our rights. Add it to the list of gov't violations of our right:
They violate the 1st Amendment by placing protesters in cages, banning books like "America Deceived II" and censoring the internet.
They violate the 2nd Amendment by confiscating guns.
They violate the 4th and 5th Amendment by molesting airline passengers.
They violate the entire Constitution by starting undeclared wars for foreign countries.
Impeach Obama and sweep out the Congress.
(Last link of Banned Book):
http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookD...
Suspect could pass for Mr. Potato Head.. Just an observation.
mred - gimme a break. reality TV brings money to Las Vegas. Get over it.
p.s. the show seems hilarious
what was he hiding ? probably just another low life criminal.
Does anyone realize that this guy was a certified teacher in CCSD? No wonder Nevada has the worst education in the US-this guy's theaching the kids!!!
I agree with mred. I have no love for the reality paparazzi who like parasites live off the blood of others, for profit.
Why don't they let the people that are getting their cars repo'ed into a reality game show? Give those poor folks a chance to win it back.