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The two officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case, said 66-year-old Johnny Lee Wicks opened fire with a shotgun at a security checkpoint, touching off a running gunbattle with deputy U.S. marshals. .... In a handwritten lawsuit filed in March 2008, Wicks complained that his Social Security benefits were cut following his move and accused federal workers of discrimination because he is black. "This case from the start was about race," Wicks wrote in the seven-page complaint, which has occasional spelling and grammatical errors. "Lots of state worker(s) and agencies have...

The gunman who opened fire in the federal courthouse this morning, killing a security officer and wounding a deputy U.S. marshal, was Johnny Lee Wicks, according to a law enforcement source.

Gunman taken into custody, nearby school put on lockdown Two federal marshals were shot this morning at the Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse, 333 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Metro Police responded at 8:05 a.m. to the shooting, which occurred in the lobby of the federal courthouse, police spokeswoman Barbara Morgan said.

Two federal marshals were shot this morning at the Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse, 333 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Metro Police responded at 8:05 a.m. to the shooting, which occurred in the lobby of the federal courthouse, police spokeswoman Barbara Morgan said. The U.S. Marshals Service says the .

Here is amateur raw video outside a Federal Courthouse in Las Vegas, Nevada where a gunman has been killed who opened fire. The gunman reportedly shot two officers before being killed himself. In the video, you can hear gunshots in the distance as the shootout took place. The second video is a report on the shooting . . . (VIDEOS)

A deputy U.S. marshal says at least two federal marshals were shot and a gunman was apprehended after gunfire broke out in the lobby of a federal courthouse in downtown Las Vegas.

<p>Two FBI agents have been shot at the FBI building at 300 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas police confirmed this morning.</p> <p>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.</p>