Wednesday, June 28, 2006

mccarran shooting update.

More info on that shooting at McCarran, from the Las Vegas Review Journal:

Police shoot man at airport
Authorities, witnesses say suspect grabbed boy at store, ran past security checkpoint

By DAVID KIHARA
REVIEW-JOURNAL

Las Vegas police shot a knife-wielding 19-year-old man at McCarran International Airport after he grabbed a 3-year-old Clark County boy and ran past a security checkpoint Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.

Police identified the suspect as Michael John Allgood of Oregon.

Police said they learned that Allgood suffers from mental illness and has a previous violent confrontation with police.

Authorities think the incident was isolated and not tied to terrorist activity, LVPD Capt. Terry Lesney said.
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