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Photo courtesy Metro Police
Metro Police released this picture of a Range Rover believed to have been used in a shooting and collision that killed three people.
Published Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013 | 6:11 p.m.
Updated Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013 | 9:05 p.m.
Meridian Apartments
Ammar Harris is sought in connection with the deaths of three people on the Strip on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013.
Metro Police have identified a suspect and found the car used in the deadly shooting on the Strip on Thursday morning that resulted in a multivehicle crash and three deaths.
Ammar Harris, 26, is suspected of shooting and killing Kenneth Cherry Jr. from a black Range Rover on the Strip near Flamingo Road, police said in a news release Saturday. Police found the Range Rover on Saturday afternoon at the Meridian apartments on Flamingo Road near Koval Lane.
Harris is described as a 5-foot-11, 180-pound black man with brown hair, brown eyes and several distinct tattoos, including a heart-shaped one below his right eye and a large owl on his neck.
Police believe the shooting occurred after a verbal altercation between Cherry and Harris at the Aria valet area. The argument led to a chase on the Strip between men in a black Range Rover and Cherry in a Maserati with a passenger.
After Cherry was shot and killed, his car crashed into a multiple vehicles, including a taxi that exploded on impact at Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road. The taxi driver and a passenger in the taxi were killed.
Police said Harris also goes by the name Ammar Asim Faruq Harris and has an extensive criminal history. He is considered armed and dangerous.
Police urge anyone with information regarding Harris’ whereabouts to call the Metro Police homicide division at (702) 828-3521 or Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555.
Hats off to METRO. Bet this thug is Gang Banger from LA and I hope he gets the same as he gave. This would sure save the tax payers a lot of money.
I'm not so sure Kenny Cherry Jr. is as innocent as some people are portraying him to be. News articles have said he has been charged in Calif. with possession of unregistered handguns and is alledged to be a "pimp". Mr. Harris also has an extensive criminal history "pandering" and kidnapping. Starting to look like pimp vs pimp in Las Vegas.
How did Kenny Cherry at such a young age afford a Maserati and his residence at Sky Highrise?
Mr. Cherry Sr. say it's time to address all the guns. Mr. Harris with his criminal background most likely didn't qualify to be in possession of any type of firearm.
I guess we will have to wait and see when they find Mr. Harris and get ALL the facts in this story.
now lets find him.
Ammar Harris is originally from Florida.
In fact there is a warrant for him from Miami Dade County Police for traffic violations which he git Jan 16, 2013...
A long *rap* sheet on him.
http://pas.fdle.state.fl.us/pas/person/v...
Hope Las Vegas finest get him soon. Plan a visit soon and would feel safer is he was away or gone.
Metro "found the car used in the deadly shooting" .. ok.. but there's no mention of where it was found, how it was found ... ???? Where's the rest of this story?
Aww, are you telling me that the gun laws already in effect didn't stop this so you need to dissarm more law abiding citizens again?
"He is considered armed and dangerous."
This is not the city to carry that tag, he better beat feet. He better not head to San Bernadino county either!
Throat tats never end well.
"Aww, are you telling me that the gun laws already in effect didn't stop this so you need to dissarm more law abiding citizens again?"
At some point that gun was purchased legally and then lead to 3 deaths. if that gun never would have been sold in the first place no one would be dead.
@Heretic...great post! If we just rounded up all people with face and neck tattoos it would cut crime by 30-40% if not more. Once you decide to get a neck or face tattoo you have pretty much given up on being a contributing citizen to society. If you have one and are a tattoo artist I apologize.
willclinton, are you serious?
Harris, whatever you do... don't run into the woods and barricade yourself in a cabin. It's won't turn out well.
My advice, since I'm assuming you're still in Vegas, dress up in drag... no one will every find you.
Mikegino,
Are you saying the gun just came out of no where? where was it purchased originally and by who? You think this guy walked into a gun store and bought it legally?
Found the Range Rover 2 blocks away, on basically the same street as the incident? I'm thinking that we're not dealing with a criminal mastermind here. If you're going to commit a big, flashy murder that's sure to get a lot of media coverage, try not to do it within spitting distance of your secret hideout.
Sorry willclinton...You are one that ignores the big fat elephant in the room. I guess it's more politically correct to blame the gun. Media does the same thing.
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I just hope that the police don't just look for a black man with tats on his throat. They should waste millions of dollars and 1000's of hours looking for White and Asian people to satisfy the scumbag Liberals who complain about racial profiling
By willclinton
Feb. 23, 2013
8:13 p.m
At some point that gun was purchased legally and then lead to 3 deaths. if that gun never would have been sold in the first place no one would be dead.
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And if their parents had practiced birth control,no one would be dead also.
And the Sun still hasn't condescended to report the name of the injured passenger in the Maserati, which it claims it knows from "sources."
Just because that person is probably going to be the key witness and Metro does not want him ID'd publicly doesn't excuse the Sun's decision to "play ball" with the cops and keep it a secret.
Whose side is the Sun on? It's a newspaper's job to report what it knows, not play footsie with the local cops. Even an alleged newspaper like the Sun should know better.
Idiot gangstas. It's too bad innocent people were killed. That's the real tragedy here.
Harris better get a Lawyer and turn himself in, his mug shot is out now, he s already done.
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Metro has convoluted the case with a bunch of misstatements, and conflicting information, They initially said there was a gun battle between to vehicles and they have yet to identify the other person in the Maserati. Furthermore we are told the other principal in this event was a "good" hard working guy and yet a Bay Area newspaper reports he has a criminal record for guns.
I can see the trial: "Officer you reported to the public that there was a gun battle between the two cars...isn't that correct?,,,if that was the case then sir, couldn't it be conceivable that my poor client was only defending himself against an attack by another person?," "Oh your saying that you were WRONG about was happened?
So now are you sure that you are correct in your account of the events NOW?"
"Laddies and Gentlemen of the jury, while we will concede out client has had a few scrapes with the law in the past, that does not means he has lost his right to defend himself against an attack..." blah blah
The "secret witness" better be very squeaky clean or they will not be much of a witness. "Did you have any thing to drink that night sir/madam?" (I wonder if toxicology tests were done on the Maserati driver?)
So this person had an extensive criminal history they say? Too bad the Cherry family can't sue the soft judges who kept slapping this pos on the wrist for his crimes.
Mred, you seriously need to learn the difference between a press conference that attempts to inform the citizenry of a breaking law enforcement event and EVIDENCE.
Your entire post is built on information that no attorney on the face of the earth would ever even try to use.
Herotic, Really? My mom was on a jury that was presented with information that was released by the police initially that turned out to be in error. It created enough doubt for an acquittal. Happens all the time. That is why smart police do not give out much information if it has not been verified. They aren't giving out the info about the "secret passenger" are they? They can even introduce as evidence that one of the victims had a history of gun charges himself in the Bay Area.
Metro had no choice to pay Charles Darling $100,000 after the "press conferences" where misinformation was doled out several times involving the Manor-Darling crash. "lights and siren on," yeah right?
Other than the "secret" person in the passenger seat of the Maserati, do they have any witnesses? What kind of visibility does someone have in a Maserati? tinted windows in the Rover, were they drinking that night? a little refer? did they have a gun?
I wish a large reward was offered and I believe some of his acquaintences will lead police to him.
Mr Cherry's family and former attorney says he does not have a criminal record but your beloved police say he does. More misinformation.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-ne...
Wanted guy will hide out and witnesses will fade away. Happened with Tupac and Chris Trickle? Chris Trickle? Who is he? You see, people have forgot.
He was arrested multiple times in Oakland, including a gun charge. The families of the true victims in the taxi should sue his estate for wrongful death. He ran a red light and killed them. He had a $120k car and lived in an expensive place. His estate must have the money to make restitution to these innocent victims.
Is anyone really surprised? This is an element of the lowest kind; all with "extensive" criminal backgrounds and why they are allowed to roam free to continue their carnage is no mystery. With a society inundated with the BS about "fairness," pushed mainly by "progressives" and subversive organizations such as the ACLU, these thugs can laugh at the rules those of us obey as a matter of course. Their "right" to commit mayhem overrides the ordinary citizens "right" to be free from threats of violence according to elitists on the left. Since they, the elitists, are rarely affected (they are surrounded by body guards, instant police protection, a political class that sucks up to them, and live in secure, gated communities), they can afford to be "magnanimous" in their attitude towards the beasts that roam our streets. Let the criminals they so admire start looting, raping, assaulting and murdering in their neighborhoods and you'll see their blase attitude switch 180 degrees in a New York minute.
Well said Jerry, and how true!
I'm surprised they haven't caught this clown yet ... YO!
The photograph of Ammar Harris attached to this article may someday be the face that is representative of many other "life in prison convicts" that I've interviewed during my years of working in prisons.
One of the most senseless acts of murder is what I once termed, "Save Face Killings". In other words, this is the taking of a human life for reasons of an argument / confrontation with another. This is exactly the type of slaying Ammar Harris committed against Kenneth Cherry.
No inmate convicted of these type murders that I put these type questions to replied to me that a "Save Face Killing" was worth the consequences. I'm sure there might have been a few, but those inmates were surely executed by way of the death penalty. I believe Ammar Harris might well be a good candidate for lethal injection.
Most men like Kenneth Cherry will never learn. They just can't see that their route of talking trash, and "saving their face" is actually costing them their face, and ultimately their lives.
What bothers me most about all this, were the completely innocent lives of the cab driver and his passenger that were taken. This was not a "CLUTCH" move Kenneth Cherry!
Someone else made a similar comment to what I was thinking.......put up some money for a tip to lead to his arrest and someone will turn him in. Let's hope he's caught before he gets to the border and runs forever.
But they were such good boys! Probably on their way to church that morning. I know this for a fact because I read it on a website. :)
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If anybody really think he's hanging out in Las Vegas awaiting Johnny law to nab him right now, I got a feeling that the guesser is dead wrong and the shooter is long gone.
Most likely he OJ'ed (in his plans and dreams!)into Mexico with a customized passport and a wad of dough. Isn't it wonderful what crime and despair can do for humanity!?!
Let's buy guns and get stupid. Ya know, so we have rich lives like OJ and Ammar Harris - indulging our drives to kill and run.
Thanks to all the libby and progressive judges that allowed this person with an extensive criminal history to roam the streets inflicting more violence on innocent citizens and visitors of Las Vegas.
When will the voters wake up and remove ALL libs / progressives from public office?
"When will the voters wake up and remove ALL libs / progressives from public office?"
The answer is when the all the cons and regressive plutocrats hand us back our freedoms and apologize for raping our world, get down on their hands and knees and pray... in other words, when pigs fly and camels dance through the eyes of needles.
Blaming an outlook held by another for one's woes is tantamount to covering one's eyes and believing yourself invisible...stopthebs yourself.
OK we all may have different interpretations of past events and what the future outcome will be, but at least we can all agree that the economy has turned the corner. After all, even hard working "ex offenders" without jobs can afford to drive expensive imported cars and live in upscale condos. Yes America, land of opportunity.
(I hear the music of these "entrepreneurs" are very popular on the NET now, heck, with all the money now, maybe someone can buy the Wayne Newton estate is up for sale after all.
maybe he should turn himself in . i hear kenny clutche's lawyer needs another outstanding client who she can portray as an outstanding citizen
The death penalty is good and we should start executing these animals as fast as possible.
B Chap, I'm not sure I agree about who is a good candidate for death. No Gov't should have a right to execute a citizen - one day it may be the guy you judge - the next it may be you. Only feeble minded ask for "smaller government" then throw themselves at Gov't granting it the right to execute them. I guess when justice is administered by the Right, they support it - but when justice is administered by the Left, they will eventually abandon their support for Gov't right to execute citizens.
That aside - I think you truly pin point the problem with these acts. These people have failed to ripen. They haven't matured and remain in this fantasy bubble - this idea that somehow the life style portrayed by the Entertainment industry, etc, is actually true. Case in point - the rapper who died. The parents acknowledge the guy was a "good kid" and only portrayed his "thug" ways as a form of entertainment.
Nonetheless, guys like this murderer - are grown men with the maturity of a juvenile delinquent. Childish like mentality - such that they don't comprehend their stupidity until AFTER the fact, once it is too late.
They get so caught up with this corrupt culture/mentality - they think it is ok until they get caught. Then, like the ones you met in prison, they acknowledge what is obvious to others.
This is what makes me sick about these older men - including the young black rapper who was killed. It makes me sick that they glorify this childish/fantasy mentality.
I'm not saying this guy deserved what he got, in any way. Just wish he would have made the mature choice and shied away from this childish mentality.
Now he is dead, and this other imbecile will either die at the hands of officers, kill himself, or spend the rest of his life in prison.
No respect for life whatsoever. This is why you always walk away. Verbal confrontations with a guy full of neck and face tattoos isn't going to end well.
Hope they get this scumbag soon.
Where is hell does these type of people get their money to have all of the expensive toys. A criminal on the loose having a gun which cost $$$ driving a $40,000 vehicle out in a expensive night club living in a place which cost $$ and they do not work? Lets stop kidding ourselves all of their money comes from illegal activity and then if the police profile any of them they are accused of being the bad guy. If he has the money he is long gone too bad Las Vegas gets the rap for this and people now coming into town have doubts on how safe it is here.
Since he is the owner of this car chances are he was the driver that night.
Was he the one doing the shooting?
Who else was with him?
Driving and shooting at the same time is not as easy as shown in movies.
Can't wait for this guys friends to rat him out as soon as the cops apply a little pressure.
If this guy did flee across the border, what are the chances he can be caught and brought back for trial?
Las Vegas really needs to clean out their city of this trash or watch their tourist business go away. I was there two years ago, and the city was infested with these low-life trash gangbangers. The police do a horrible job of keeping them off the strip, as well as the casinos. They can't hire a few more guards in this bad economy and get these guys off their property and the walkways? How many stupid wannabe rappers are out there handing their lousy mixtapes out?
People can gamble anywhere in the 21st century. If Las Vegas can maintain a safe, clean environment there, it can rot for all I care. Become the new Flint, Michigan.
"When will the voters wake up and remove ALL libs / progressives from public office?"
Man, what a utopia that would be! Look at how well Republican'ts are doing in Arizona where they want graduates to swear an oath of allegiance to God and Country, in Montana where one wants to give Corporations a designated voter (oooh! I would start an LLC just so I could vote TWICE), and in Oklahoma where they fully understand that birth control pills POISON their bodies and SUPPRESS their identity.
You carry that rape baby, even if'n it's yore Daddy's, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR YOUR HEALTHCARE BECAUSE THAT'S SOCIALIST!
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/02/...
http://morallowground.com/2013/02/24/mon...
Reward? We all have seen that they don't pay out on reward money. 7 out of the top 10 nightclubs are here, yippie! The casinos have no liability for these clubs, remember that when at these casinos you are your own!
"Las Vegas really needs to clean out their city of this trash or watch their tourist business go away."
True, but unfortunately the Californians with 2 strikes and 3 balls tend to exodus to LV to continue their vile expeditions.
This state didn't turn Blue overnight, and I'm just glad that we have a stellar police force to deal with the scum!
His tattoo is not a "heart". It is a filled in tear. In his world it means that he has killed someone in revenge for someone killing a fellow gang member. IIRC a tear on the right side represents that he is a member of the Crips, which is just a fraternal organization, don't you know?
Nice guy.
Yet another reason why we should pass more gun laws. This upright citizen would be sure to obey each and every one.
the tattoo looks like a heart in the photo. there are plenty of tattoos on guys faces nowadays that aren't tears.
that said, now that he's on the run he's gotta be rethinking those tattoos. it going to be hard to avoid notice with a heart on your cheek and an owl staring at people from your neck.
Just another Idiot running around in our world!!!!!!!
Las Vegas is attracting all the thugs because of the cheap housing, and the "adult" entertainment industry that is so loved and cherished by many of the Sin City advocates out there.
This is what happens when you peddle smut and spit on anyone who even suggests you change your venue. People who vacation with adult family members don't want to be exposed to the garbage that's being pushed in your face on the strip anymore.
SO what's left...well 20 something loud mouthed drunks, foreign visitors who only want high stakes gambling, or pimps prostitutes and drug dealers who wallow in the mire with the unsuspecting naive tourists who have no idea how dangerous Vegas has gotten in the last 8 years.
I think a visitors warning should be given to each to customer at the hotels telling them of the dangers of being out after a certain time, and what areas to avoid. They did that for me in Atlanta, and I was grateful for the heads up.
Does it seem to me, or is it obvious that the problem isn't guns; but possibly the most dangerous, unlicensed weapon in the possession of young, urban men? They whip it out whenever they get the urge, and do more damage with it than anything from Glock, Colt or Smith and Wesson. What can we do about THAT dangerous weapon?
samjung 23 brings up a good point. When did we forfeit LV (inparticular the strip) to these thugs and gangbangers?
C'mon coppers! Use a little intimidation and at least keep them out of the clubs and areas along the strip. You know who they are, how they look, and what they are capable of.
The last time I was in LV, I stayed at the MGM Grand. I was hitting on a dollar machine. A "gangsta" was sitting behind me and repeating into his cell phone what I was winning with each spin. I eventually got a handpay and he was right there watching. When I got up, he followed me into the casino to the elevators. I turned and went back into the casino (with him trailing me). I found a host who had a security guard follow this dude out of the casino and had another escort me to my room. Scary.
Big corporations and people in suits connected to Wall Street rolled the red carpet out for the club thugs, and the rest is history. Gee I really want to live in an upcale condo now, given the fact that the 2 "combantents" lived in them.
By vegaslee
Feb. 24, 2013
10:32 a.m.
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Since he is the owner of this car chances are he was the driver that night.
Was he the one doing the shooting?
Who else was with him?
Driving and shooting at the same time is not as easy as shown in movies
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I'm guessing that Harris was the driver of the Range Rover and it was beside the Maserati and the persons on the passenger side of the Range Rover are the one's who shot Cherry.Cherry's passenger was slightly wounded and its unlikely that the bullets would have passed by him and killed Cherry and not him.And since the Range Rover is alot taller than the Maserati, the bullets would of had to pass thru the roof to get Cherry if Harrris was shooting from the other side of the Maserati. In the picture there are no bullet holes in the windows of the Range Rover so the windows would have be rolled down and I doubt that Harris was firing from the drivers side thru the passenger side window and the mussle blast would have injured the passenger up front.
One thing is certain though. If Maserati's and Range Rover's had been banned, this wouldn't have happen. Obama needs to initiate laws banning them immediately.
Is Harris also a pimp? Make prostitution legal and end the way of life for these pigs.
Let's see now. If this was a movie, the passengers in the Range Rover killed Cherry and the cops are looking for the driver and owner of the Car, Harris. If the cops get Harris, he squeels on the shooters and they all go to prison. Cops find Harris with bullet hole in back of head and their only lead to the passengers is gone. End of movie.
Chances that this thug will end his life are remote. He's already been thru the revolving system of justice and when he's caught he'll try and plead it down. 3 strikes and out should be a federal law. This POS should have been in jail long before this happened.
The mindset of thugs like this is not human....on any level.
"With a society inundated with the BS about "fairness," pushed mainly by "progressives" and subversive organizations such as the ACLU, these thugs can laugh at the rules those of us obey as a matter of course. Their "right" to commit mayhem overrides the ordinary citizens "right" to be free from threats of violence according to elitists on the left. Since they, the elitists, are rarely affected (they are surrounded by body guards, instant police protection, a political class that sucks up to them, and live in secure, gated communities), they can afford to be "magnanimous" in their attitude towards the beasts that roam our streets. Let the criminals they so admire start looting, raping, assaulting and murdering in their neighborhoods and you'll see their blase attitude switch 180 degrees in a New York minute."
Well put Jerry.
If these thugs were ever allowed to enter the neighborhood of these elitists, you are right, their biased tune would certainly change.
But they expect you and I to go along and get along....easy for the country club crowd to say....
Las Vegas loves their mob history, They love it so much they even GLORIFIED it with a mob museum.
Not a single Vegas hotel or casino has put up a dime towards a reward for the capture of Harris. I guess what happens in Vegas goes unpunished in Vegas. Won't be back anytime soon when the town's #1 industry doesn't seem to care about public safety on its principal thoroughfare.
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planning to w
visit the US from the UK later this year. we were planning to visit las vegas but the recent incidents have made us reconsider. might give it a miss this year till it feels a little safer
@ willclinton.
"At some point that gun was purchased legally and then lead to 3 deaths. if that gun never would have been sold in the first place no one would be dead"
That is great logic, perhaps when you finish work on your time machine we can cure all of society's ills.
Oh ca mon.. he looks like an outstanding citizen to me! A real pillar of the community.
"At some point that gun was purchased legally and then lead to 3 deaths. if that gun never would have been sold in the first place no one would be dead"
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@willclinton: Had two responsible people used a condom in the first place neither of these two scumbags would ever have been born, and two innocent people would be alive today.
Or, taking it further, had the Nanny State not been introduced as The New Deal and The Great Society, perhaps the sperm donator and recipient of these two aspiring gangstas would have rethought their encounter altogether, and our nation wouldn't be awash with these thugs. Cause and effect.
"planning to w
visit the US from the UK later this year. we were planning to visit las vegas but the recent incidents have made us reconsider. might give it a miss this year till it feels a little safer"
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Nah. I wouldn't let this incident deter me from coming to Vegas. The rule of thumb in a general sense is stay on the Strip. Don't venture one block east or west of the strip..period. Maybe avoid walking up and down the strip in the 12am-5am slot. It's generally safe. The only thing I've noticed recently are too many aggressive panhandlers, too many rip-off artists plying their trade and too many street performers. Get rid of all of them. Don't go further south than Mandalay and don't go further north than Wynn/Treasure Island. This incident, while noteworthy and scary is not the norm. Shoot outs on the Strip are rare. Stay with the crowds.
george2455 "planning to w
visit the US from the UK later this year. we were planning to visit las vegas but the recent incidents have made us reconsider. might give it a miss this year till it feels a little safer"
It's your choice, but it seems like an odd one. The UK has a higher per-capita violent crime rate than the US (and higher than Las Vegas), so in general it's actually more dangerous for you to stay home than it is to visit here.