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This ap on yahoo article/Update says shot or shots hit judge.. regardless, he is lucky to be alive. :-\

SCOTT SONNER, Associated Press Writer

RENO, Nev. - A family court judge was shot and wounded as he stood near a third-floor courthouse window Monday, and police sealed off the area and searched nearby parking garages for a sniper.

Chuck Weller, 53, was hit in the chest around midday by a shot or shots that came through his office window at the Mills B. Lane Justice Center, authorities said. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he was reported in serious condition.

"He is conscious and talking with his family," police spokesman Steve Frady said.

Police said they had no suspects, but family court officials said the sniper could be someone unhappy with a ruling in a child custody case.

"The incident is shocking, but the risk is not shocking. We're well aware this is the inherent risk of trying to solve conflicts. Sometimes you don't solve them peacefully and people take the law into their own hands," said Darin Conforti, court administrator of Reno Justice Court.

Police closed off six blocks around the courthouse on the edge of Reno's downtown casino district, which otherwise remained open. A SWAT team was called in, and officers conducted a floor-by-floor search of the courthouse and the neighboring parking garages.

"We don't know precisely where that round may have come from, so we have to close down and search a large area just north of the court complex," Undersheriff Mike Haley told KRNV-TV.

Annie Allison, believed to be Weller's secretary, was hit by glass or bullet fragments in her arm and hip, but her wounds were superficial, Frady said.

Weller, a Reno lawyer, was elected to the bench in 2004. He hosted a legal advice program on a Reno radio station from 1989 to 2002 and wrote a legal advice column in the Sunday Reno Gazette-Journal from 2000 to 2004. He once led opposition to a county bond issue to build a new courthouse.

After the shooting, city and county employees were kept inside the building because police did not know if it was safe on the streets.

"It's just terrifying. It's very scary. It's speculation, but I would say it was the work of a disgruntled person," said Reno Justice of the Peace Harold Albright, a friend of Weller's. "Family court judges take people's children away and take property away. Those are such basic decisions that are very emotional."

Albright added: "It's still very shocking. He's a nice guy and real hardworking. I can't imagine he would be gruff or disparaging to anyone in his courtroom. He's not a brusque, grumpy person."

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Associated Press writers Martin Griffith and Tom Gardner contributed to this report.

I was out and about for a bit.

I've been in and out too this evening.
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BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Local Judge Shot
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John Tyson, Ed Pearce, Terri Russell
Police are searching a six-block area in downtown Reno for a suspected sniper who shot and wounded a family court judge at the Washoe County courthouse complex.
Judge Chuck Weller was hit in the chest by a shot or shots that came through the window in his office on the third floor of the Mills B. Lane Justice Center about 11:15 this morning.
Weller was taken to Washoe Medical Center where he is reported to be in serious condition, but alert.
Reno police spokesman Steve Frady says Weller is conscious and is talking with his family.
A second woman identified as Annie Allison was with Weller at the time and suffered superficial wounds to her left arm and right hip when she apparently was hit by glass or bullet fragments.
Police believe the shots were fired from outside, but they do NOT know how many shots were fired or exactly where they came from.
A SWAT team is on the scene. Police have closed off six blocks around the courthouse just south of the Truckee River on the south end of Reno's downtown casino district, but the district along Virginia Street otherwise remains open.
Police have no suspects but family court officials are speculating the shooter could be someone unhappy with a past ruling in a child custody case.
The 53-year-old Weller was elected to the bench in 2004. He previously hosted a legal advice program on a Reno radio station and wrote a legal advice column in the Sunday Reno Gazette-Journal.