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This photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Ammar Harris in a booking photo from a 2012 arrest in Las Vegas. Police have identified Harris as a suspect in a shooting that sent a Maserati into a taxi that exploded, killing three people on Feb. 21, 2013 in Las Vegas.
Police have identified a suspect in an early morning shooting and pileup that killed three people and injured at least six on Las Vegas' famous Strip Thursday, NBC affiliate KSNV reported.
Police are seeking Ammar Harris, 26, in the shooting and subsequent car crashes that occurred in a section of the Strip that includes Caesars Palace, Bally’s and the Bellagio.
The shooting came after the occupants of a black Range Rover and a Maserati got into an altercation in the valet area of the Aria hotel and casino, according to Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie.
“We have numerous witnesses to this,” Las Vegas Police Sgt. John Sheahan said. “But what is the genesis of this? We don’t know yet.”
The suspect was in the Range Rover, while 27-year-old aspiring rapper Kenny “Clutch” Cherry of Oakland, Calif., was at the wheel of the Maserati.
According to reports, the Range Rover pulled up and allegedly opened fire into the Maserati near a stoplight in the pre-dawn hours. A passenger was injured by the gunfire and Cherry was killed, causing the car to spin out of control. The careening silver Maserati smashed into a taxicab, trapping the passenger and driver and causing the cab to burst into flames; both occupants were killed, police said.
In a scene witnesses describe as looking like a Hollywood set, a confrontation between a group of men escalated into a shooting, multiple vehicle pileup, and an exploding taxicab. The incident left three people dead. NBC's Miguel Almaguer reports.
Then, the Maserati smashed into three other cars before coming to a stop.
The taxi driver was identified as Michael Boldon, 62, of Las Vegas. His passenger was Sandra Sutton-Wasmund, 48, of Maple Valley, Wash. She was a two-time breast cancer survivor. Both died of "multiple blunt force injuries," the coroner's office said.
All three deaths were classified as homicide.
Police released a photo that was taken when Harris was arrested last year on pandering, kidnapping, sexual assault and coercion charges, according to The Associated Press.
KSNV reported that police did not find Harris at his residence Saturday, but the black Range Rover was found just a few blocks away from the intersection where the violent incident occurred.
Police also said they found shell casings in Harris's apartment that linked him to Cherry's death.
NBC News' Matthew DeLuca and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Bring back the mafia - they knew how to run the strip (and the Italians were much more attractive - no tats and better designer clothes).
This is only a story because it happened in Las Vegas, it involved a Maserati, and there was a fire. I live near Oakland and shootings like this happen almost every day these guys shoot each other over a look or a $5.00 bag of weed sometimes. The rappers shoot each other over song lyrics the gangs shoot any body wearing the wrong color clothing.
Same @!$%# happens in the white-trash South. Bubba shoots Lil Bubba over a perceived slight.
The problem isn't location. The problem is guns.
The problem is this kind of person.
No MSNBCMFE the problem is stupid urban libtards like yourself.
combatvet...as in video games, I'm sure.
MSNBCMFE ..as is stupid needs his f#%king face kicked in.
My cousin was an Oakland cop for 20 years and I know about 6 others including one that work in homicide. They scoup up guys like this out of the gutter daily and all are black on black or black v hispanic. This guy will get blown up. He serve no purpose in this world.
That's because lynching a** whites taught them so well..lol. He serves no purpose and from what I read, you don't either mista t.
my bet is the suspect is not to bright, his tats, his ride, and hundreds of cameras make it hard to escape. but on the bright side i bet he''s been in jail before
And will be again, soon.
Hey MSNBCMFE
You said "please resist" gun control in a way that seems to say you want to see those killed who resist.
You also said "I despise all Righties"
What about the 40% of Democrats that own guns?
What are you REALLY?
That is the most ludicrous thing you've ever said, and you've said plenty of ludicrous BS.
40% of Democrats own guns. What an idiot.
Research the facts moron.
What do you claim? Democrats don't own guns? Like your moron Biden?
I claim that you're an idiot, and I did my research on THAT one to be sure.
MSNBCMFE take a hike you stupid wackjob.
ronnie,
Getting peeved, are we? What a wuss.
MSNBCMFE maybe if we live close enough we could meet I could pound your pansy @$$ face in?
No Surprise, yet another Obama supporter....
Guns don't kill, Obama supporters do... Just Check Chicago, Detroit and New Orleans
While you're at it check yo mama..lol.
We all saw the big Obama supporter, and government employee, Dorner, in action...
See, keep picking out the black guys. Pig.
Why does it seem every-time I stop by here your posts are collapsed?
And you even blamed that on the NRA...
If they're collapsed, why are you so familiar with them? Stalk much?
Libertarian blowhard.
MSNBCMFE you need someone to b!tch slap your sorry @$S you @F$*^&% nutjob sure wish it could be me.
ronnie,
Guess you'll just have to take it out on your kids or wife instead, as you always do.
Once a thug always a thug. Why was this thug not in jail, seem like Las Vegas courts had numerous reasons for him to be behind bars. He must have had a good thug lawyer I guess. I also suspose the NRA will once again say guns don't kill people. LaPARROT you are one stupid fool gun nut!!!!!!!!
Can we please institute burning at the stake for evil human filth like this? Maybe the guillotine for others involved?
Blacks comprise 11% of the population and 88% of the crime. Go figure.
You comprise 100% of the white trash on here tonight. Well, maybe 99%.
Its a fact dude. Why do you trash someone for just giving truth. Prove me wrong and I will bow down.
The correct numbers are blacks are 13% of the population and over 70% of those in jail/prison. Blacks are 13% of the population are also 38% of all welfare recipients.
Clearly there is something not right with these people. Like certain wild animals the bulk of them I fear will never be able to be domesticated. Just stating a politically incorrect inconvenient truth for all of you out there in denial land...
Hey everyone check out this freak job MSNBCMFE.Interesting to see a nutjob who called 2nd grade his graduating class.What happened stupid someone bless you with a crowbar? Do something educated for yourself like pick your nose or go molest your little sister.You know something you"re good at you pathetic idiot.
Since we are talking stats, what are the statitics on black on black capital murder?
ronnie has PTSD....from video games.
95% of blacks murdered are murdered by other blacks
Lynching a** whites taught them how to play the game so well too. Go figure..lol.
I made no racial ties in my post.
Your comments there, and many other times say you are a troll.
Thus the people collapse what you say here all the time.
Doesn't appear to be happening here tonight. Besides, some things are badges of honor.
FOX closes down their discussion boards and you fools come over here. Why WOULDN'T progressive posts be collapsed after the cockroaches move in?
Not at 1am here, but I can make it happen if you want...
And I never posted on FOX in my life.
There are many, many forum members that have known me for a long time though.
You can make it happen? Wow! Now I'm worried.
Sheet, patty, you're worthless.
That's because a majority of the people commenting are racist a** holes, who don't like being condemned and called out on their bulls**t. Go figure..lol.
More black thug losers comitting crimes. Blacks are 13% of the population and over 70% of those in jail and prison. With each new day come more crimes and most of the time blacks are to blame. I am of the belief that this will never change, it is in the genes and so deeply imbedded in black culture that change is impossible. Failure and violence are the name of the game in Africa, and in the USA all the welfare,handouts, and foodtstamps in the world will never change this. They are a cancer on the world. Look at Haiti... look at all the black dominated US cities that are broke, crime ridden, and collapsing. It is the nature of the beast.
Sayitlikeitis: I am a white person, and just want to make sure that you don't go a day in your life without someone calling you racist. You're welcome racist...Now go crawl back into your conservative racist cave.
What a stupid asinine statement you racist nutjob.
ronnie,
How did you never get fragged?
Were you a cook?
I don't think sayitlikeitis gives a @!$%# what you think they are,kinda' like me.
MSNBCMFE so if you think you have a big dick maybe you better spit out out because it doesn't belong to you.
ronnie,
You never answered how it was that you were never fragged.
OMG Ronnie that is funny LMFAO.Don't be so angry you are probably conversing with bed wetting frightened skinny urban libbie sitting in his parent's basement on their computer.
ronnie,
Your madam just arrived, right on cue. Hey, Maryjo...done swallowing for the night?
Like lynching is in your genetics. Stop being jealous of Blacks because you're white in America and can't make sh*t out of yourself. All of you Motherf'rs should be millionaires with your automatic privileges and all. Jealous much..lol.
Just your typical, every day, black on black crime. Having been a cop in Detroit and Dallas...it's nothing new until it spreads from the ghetto. There you only have to listen to the baby factories crying about how their little baby got gunned down.
It's just too bad these people don't just kill themselves...the country wouldn't miss the scumbags, unfortunately, they kill innocent people and could care less.
You never saw this type of random violence when the mob ran Vegas...and at least when they wacked their own, they didn't kill a bunch of innocents in the process (aka gun control).
This is what happens when you put guns in the hands of morons...morons use guns, intelligent people use their brains and mouths.
Intellegent people use their brains , mouths and weapons if necessary.
Yea Im sure it was great working with the mob. Some real standup guys you know.
pig.... i hope you suffer .... what happened, he dis your shoes?
I'm pretty sure had he not been arrested he was ready to register his gun with the federal government, get a smaller clip for his gun, take a physcological evaluation and get liabilty insurance. It was just a fluke the police were not on top of this and prevented the murders . I sure hope they pass all these laws to keep us safer. I feel if only criminals had guns we will all be better off.
jus an utha niggah with his fingah on tha triggah!!
White murder of blacks vs vice versa
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Invite an expert to fact-check this
It is very politically incorrect but nonethess a fact that white people are much more likely to be murdered by black people in the US than vice versa.
Most murders are within the same race, but even then blacks have a much higher rate of murdering each other than whites do.
From we see that in 2010, 447 whites were murdered by blacks, while 218 blacks were mudered by whites, for a total of 665 inter-racial murders.
Given that blacks are 12.6% of US population, and whites are 72.4% of US population, the population ratio is .174 to 1 black to white.
If the interracial murder rates were the same for both, we would expect 115 out of the 665 murders to be murders of whites by blacks. But the number was 447, which is 388% of the expected rate by populations.
OTOH, the total number was only 447 murders of whites by blacks, which is a small number relative to the total population of the US. There were over 40,000 deaths because of car accidents in the same year.
So a rational white person should be about 100 times more afraid of being killed by a car than being killed by a black person.
The truth is filthywhiteanimal and the rest of you filthy a** racists, until you whites get all of your whites out of prisons, off welfare, as well as any other sh*t your kind whines about, you ain't got sh*t to say. If Blacks are all you say they are then they had great teachers which are you lynching a**, pilfering whites. Stop being jealous of Blacks because you're white in America and can't make sh*t out of yourself. All of you Motherf'rs should be millionaires with your automatic privileges and all. Jealous much..lol.
The government has given recently some other ways to deal with this type of person, one way is to fake passout or act like you are having a panic attack. The victims probably didnt have a chance to read the governments alternate ways to protect yourself.
WHAT?????
The comment is sarcasm, the content about the government and ways to survive a criminal shooting is true. Its a way to make the gun haters feel good.
A badge of honer is when you win, not when you get beat down.
Honor has no "e," numbnuts.
You just get more and more stupid as the night wears on.
Tests are always a advantage.
Glad to see you look for any tiny thing you can find to attack me on... fool.
pat... just ignore MSNBC like the rest of us do... my grandmother always said to never argue with an idiot
responding only keeps him going.... ignore him!
sAyIt,
Are you white?
I feel bad for the taxi guy and the lady but that car was like woahhhhhh.
3 people were murdered and you feel bad for 2 of them. Racist much?
Victim passenger was two time cancer survivor. Lose her life in this way is horrible.
Hee, hee you really hate Blacks don't you filthy, so once again I'm going to reach out to your mentally ill, scary. racist a** and say this. Stop being jealous of Blacks because you're white in America and can't make sh*t out of yourself. All of you Motherf'rs should be millionaires with your automatic privileges and all. Jealous much..lol.
I'm sure this losers father is very disappointed.
If he knows who his father is.
Your father is his father car-43..lol. I thought you knew.
Well golly gee, when I occasionally stop by here I see your name on posts collapsed regularly.
Now you are attacking the Libertarians too?
Kindergarten name calling seems to be a common thread in most all your posts.
That would get you banned on most sites on the web, but ironically not the Libertarian ones...
There are thousands like this guy out there killing innocent, and not so innocent, people daily. If Obama is going to execute American terrorists, whats stoping him from cleaning up these dirtbags? Spend allot of time and money tracking down Muslims all over the world and we are not going to call this terrorism?
Many have a very strong musky bad body odor as well.... today I was down wind of one at the BP station and nearly retched. When the offending person pulled out they had left all their car trash and garbage on the ground by the pump. You can't fix this.
Then you better close your mouth then sayitlikeitis, because now you're starting to smell sh*t breath coming out of your mouth..lol. Don't get it twisted.
Golly gee...
In the time I allocate to online things I have nothing better to do than stalk MSNBCMFE...
How about I post all of your other old names here?
How about we just have a big group hug and come clean here?
Somehow your wanting to hug makes perfect sense.
When I read my old posts over the past years they seem too also...
Mark TK, you are an ass.
Obviously not an independent thought on you behalf just a typical white bread lefty.
BlowHoleski, long time in prison? Yeah, on whose dime? Not yours, of course. Not like you have a heck of a tax liability from flipping burgers.
Hang the critter now before we have to waste more money on it. Or before he fathers yet another kid that will remain on welfare for 18+ years.
Please house him with the Sandy Hook shooter so that he can take out some real "white trash".
Poor Lamonsta...the angry black man
sandy hook shooter? seems lamonsta is another one of them low information voters ruining this country.
Wow, whites get upset when you make a point. Hee, hee. Once again, stop being jealous of Blacks because you're white in America and can't make sh*t out of yourself. All of you Motherf'rs should be millionaires with your automatic privileges and all. Jealous much..lol.
LOL...automatic priveleges...The queen of affirmative action has spoken, How does it feel to have test scores lowered so you can pass, How does it feel to be inferior to others, Poor michelle...you just do not see it do you.