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May 18, 2013

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After decade-long search and numerous crimes committed, fugitive killed

By (contact) William D'Urso

Lawmen had been trying to hunt down Javier Reyes for a decade — not for any one particularly heinous crime but for committing stickups, beatings and robberies. On Tuesday, an FBI agent and Reyes came face to face, triggering a shootout that rattled a suburban Las Vegas neighborhood. Both men were hit by gunfire, but the FBI agent — wearing a protective vest — survived. Reyes, 32, died later at a hospital. The gunfight was the culmination of a manhunt that involved law enforcement officers from the FBI, Metro Police and the Henderson Police Department. Reyes' death was the final ...

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  1. By MooGooGaiDan
    Feb. 20, 2013
    5:01 p.m.
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    What a piece of garbage this human being was. Good riddance. I don't understand how our weak justice system thinks it's ok to recycle the crap of society like this through courts and jails. Oh yeah, morally bankrupt lawyers, judges and their conspirators sleep well on huge beds of cash.

  2. By cwcommish
    Feb. 20, 2013
    5:16 p.m.
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    His girlfriends, employers and relatives sprung this guy on us; he didnt just become a bad guy last week. Thanks a lot scumbags. Illegal immigrants dont bother anyone right? They also dont turn in other illegals that are breaking the law.

  3. By dodgerchuck
    Feb. 20, 2013
    8:05 p.m.
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    so he was booked in absentia,is he going to be tried anyway

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