Posted on 01/04/2010 8:58:15 AM PST by FromLori
Edited on 01/04/2010 9:40:07 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Two FBI agents have been shot at the FBI building at 300 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas police confirmed this morning.
Spokeswoman Barb Morgan said information is preliminary, but it appears two agents have been shot and a possible suspect also has been shot, she said. That suspect is in police custody.
“It looks like shots may have been fired inside (the building),” said Morgan. “We don’t know the details.”
The condition of the agents and the suspect is not yet known.
Morgan said it's unclear if police are looking for more suspects.
FNC say it is two Fed. Marshals.
# Update: Up to 3 security guards shot and wounded in lobby of federal courthouse in Las Vegas; gunman shot a block away — CNN 3 minutes ago from BreakingNews Headquarters
# Update: FBI agents — not U.S. marshals — shot by gunman at FBI building in Las Vegas - Las Vegas Review Journal http://bit.ly/6swMua 23 minutes ago from BreakingNews Headquarters
# Sheriff’s deputy says at least two federal marshals shot, gunman apprehended at federal courthouse in Las Vegas - AP 26 minutes ago from BreakingNews Headquarters
This should be ‘headline’ news.
They are saying on FNC that there may be more than one suspect. Federal building and nearby school evacuated. It may have started outside on the street, and ended up in the Lobby of the Federal Building.
*ping*
Bump for reference.
Prayers for the agents and their families
The People have reached their breaking point?
Now they’re saying it’s not Marshalls either, but agents with the “Federal Protective Service”.
Lotsa chaos. Not much good info, seems like.
Not an auspicious start of the new year for Vegas.
If the perps are white christian males look for congress to introduce gun control legislation by the end of the week.
| FPS Agents or contract security?
The Federal Protective Service (FPS) is a component of U.S. Department of Homeland Security, National Protection and Programs Directorate and is responsible for law enforcement and security of nearly 9,000 federally owned and leased buildings, courthouses, properties, and other federal assets and the personnel associated with those assets. FPS is a federal law enforcement agency, and currently employs approximately 750 federal law enforcement officer/inspectors, and special agents, that provide integrated security and law enforcement services to U.S. Federal buildings, courthouses, and other properties administered by the General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). To support that mission, FPS contracts, with private security firms, to provide 15,000 contract security guards providing access control and security response within federal facilities throughout the nation. FPS also protects other properties as authorized and carries out various other activities for the promotion of homeland security as the Secretary of Homeland Security may prescribe, to include providing a uniformed police response to National Security Special Events, and national disasters. The Federal Protective Service is a branch of the National Protection and Programs Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). FPS is responsible for policing, securing and ensuring a safe environment in which federal agencies can conduct their business. FPS does this by investigating threats posed against the nearly 9,000 federal facilities nationwide. |
Excellent point have you seen the crowder video about the guns zero wants to take anyway?
http://bluelori.blogspot.com/2010/01/guns-guns-guns-o-wants-your-guns.html
WLS Radio just announced at the bottom of the hour news the suspect is dead.
I just had a weird thought.
Could you imagine 100 incidents like this? 50 of them at major airports, lets say.
I wonder if we’ll find out anything about him?
This could have been anything from a personal grievance against one of the security guards to an attempted terrorist attack to a seriously disgruntled citizen.
Thanks for the update is it wrong to say at least that way we don’t have to house and feed the killer?
CBS KXNT Radio: Both courthouse shooting victims dead. http://tinyurl.com/ybh3tvu (Not confirmed)
Las Vegas Sun: Security officers shot in downtown LV federal building
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jan/04/security-officers-shot-downtown-lv-federal-buildin/
— “Two or three security officers were shot this morning at the Foley Federal Building in downtown Las Vegas.”
— “Metro Police responded at 8:05 a.m. to the shooting, which occurred in the lobby of the federal building at 300 S. Las Vegas Blvd., police spokeswoman Barbara Morgan said.”
— “The officers were taken to University Medical Center, where their conditions weren’t immediately available. A man has been arrested in connection with the shootings.”
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jan/04/security-officers-shot-downtown-lv-federal-buildin/
Las Vegas: Marshals Shot In Vegas Federal Building
— KVVU: “LAS VEGAS — Surrounding streets around the Foley Federal Building in downtown Las Vegas have been blocked off following a shooting inside the building.”
— “Authorities said two federal marshals were shot in the lobby and a gunman was in custody. Their conditions are unknown.”
— “The shooting broke out in the lobby of the building, located on Las Vegas Boulevard between Bridger and Bonneville avenues.”
— “Chief Deputy Marshal Roxanna Lea Irwin said it appeared a shotgun was used during the confrontation.”
http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/22119310/detail.html
Shooting at Federal Courthouse
— “There has been a shooting inside the Federal courthouse on Las Vegas Blvd.. According to Metro Public Information Officer Barbara Morgan, two possible shooters are involved, and one is down. Metro Police are also confirming that two federal agents have been shot and killed. Morgan says police are setting up a three block perimeter around the courthouse due to the investigation on a second shooter that fled. Stay with News Radio 840 KXNT for the latest on this story.”
http://www.kxnt.com/Shooting-at-Federal-Courthouse/6030281
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They are searching for a second shooter, I am listening on the police scanner in Las Vegas.
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?ctid=1745
I use the on line player and listen to “Fire and Police.”
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