3 Dead in Car-to-Car Shooting & Wreck on the Las Vegas Strip
Las Vegas police investigate the site of what is being described as a gun battle between shooters in vehicles along the Las Vegas Strip early Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Gunshots were fired from a black SUV at a Maserati, causing the Maserati to crash into a taxi which then burst into flames. (Getty Images)
Three people were killed and at least six others injured after a “rolling gun battle” erupted between two cars on the famed Las Vegas Strip early Thursday morning.
Police said someone in a Range Rover opened fire on a Maserati at a stoplight, sending it crashing into a taxi which burst into flames. A total of five cars were involved in the ensuing auto wreck. The taxi’s driver, a passenger and the male driver of the Maserati were killed. The Maserati’s passenger was shot.
The attack occurred at about 4:20 a.m. at Las Vegas and Flamingo boulevards, near the Bellagio, Caesars Palace and Bally’s casinos.
“This doesn’t happen where we come from, not on this scale,” Mark Thompson, visiting from England with his wife, told the Associated Press. “We get stabbings, and gang violence, but this is like something out of a movie. Like `Die Hard’ or something.”
Police said the black Range Rover Sport with tinted windows fled the scene, and authorities were contacting authorities in three neighboring states.
​The Associated Press contributed to this report.
​This post has been updated.
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wilbstal
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:45amthese damn Obama backers are scary SOBS
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Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:27pmFast cars kill people and the Messiah In Chief should ban them:
http://www.isthatbaloney.com/creepy-newsweek-cover-calls-obama-the-second-coming/
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afishfarted
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:43pm“I’m gonna make you an offer you can’t refuse”–bra !!
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Secret Squirrel
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 10:09amWhen the real story is told, the shooters were attending a rap concert, and one of the dead is a rapper.
Two high end cars, and lots of “bling”. Sadly, they didn’t kill each other, but rather two innocents who
died a horrific death for being near “rappers” insanity.
Please, Obama, ban rap now. If we could just save one life, it would be worth it.” Eh?
Maybe ATF should add a line to the gun form, “Have you ever been a rapper?”
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Secret Squirrel
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 10:11amHint to police looking for Range Rover:
Profile.
Don’t bother pulling over granny or the soccer moms.
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Sgt_Rock
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 8:22pm@Gold Coin & Economic News Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:27pm
“Fast cars kill people and the Messiah In Chief should ban them:”
Excellent point…
Obviously cars with engines of 5 or more cylinders, capable of more than 150 horsepower are dangerous and a public health hazard. They should be confiscated and destroyed, immediately.
The issue isn’t habitual drunk drivers, or folks with multiple convictions for negligent driving, because we all know, they would not commit these acts if the cars weren’t so powerful. Everyone needs to be restricted to a SmartCar or a Prius. That should bring down the death toll…and it will help with global warming…yeah, that’s it.
I guess I’m going to buy a conex and bury my Shelby in the back yard with my guns.
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moreteaplease
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:29amI’d feel a lot better about this if I knew that the guns were legally registered and the proper background checks had been done on those using them.
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Tri-ox
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:17amAs many will remember, on Tuesday, there was another bizarre shooting, in Orange County … in which 4 people died …
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/02/19/4-dead-in-murderous-carjacking-rampage-in-orange-county-calif/comment-page-2/#comment-4938441
But, what was not mentioned by the media was that the shooter was muslim …
http://www.barenakedislam.com/2013/02/21/sudden-jihad-syndrome-muslim-man-kills-4-including-himself-in-los-angeles-wild-shooting-spree/
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Bamagal0007
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 3:48pmHow convenient for them to omit that…just like Jesse Jackson Jr and his wife aren’t democrats. Not surprising at all but truly disgusting.
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Max jones
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:16amYou don’t need common sense to make money in crime. Just ruthlessness, and greed.
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Cavallo
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:56amObama Voters
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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:54amMust be one of those ol’ maseratti drivin’ tea partiers. Too bad nobody had any scissors to put a stop to it before anyone got hurt!
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AmericanStrega
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:49am“My Maserati does 185
I lost my licesnse
Now I don’t drive.”
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Red Meat
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:59amLOL
I wonder what race the shooters were?
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Max jones
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:10am“my Mazzeratti does 185
I lost my life…Now, I don’t drive.”
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brother_ed
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 5:30pm“I lock the doors in case I’m attacked…”
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DIR
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 5:57pm@RED MEAT
I believe I heard a law enforcement officer say, during a fox interview, that it was two black guys who did the shooting.
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CANDYGRAM
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:33amI think I have seen this done on TV. Could that be where they learned to try this? Again, Hollywood becomes real life. Who would have guessed it? They probably have this in video games too. Don’t know, don’t play those. Wouldn’t allow my kids to play any video games that included killing anything that looked like a human. I think they call that practicing.
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JRook
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:43amOf course some useful information would be to note where and how the individuals involved obtained their firearms?
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13th Imam
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:09amEric ” Fast and Furious” Holder comes to mind
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goahead.makemyday
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:15amJROOK, that would be hard since most likely anyone involved in a “rolling gun battle” would be using guns illegally purchased.
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Fubared
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 4:57pmRookie they pull over at the next light and called the BATFE thugs out of guilt and had them e-verified and registered on the spot. I have seen lots of morons, but you are up in say top 5%. Kudos. Wiki criminal when you get a 6 hour block of time.
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13th Imam
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:30amNothing good happens after midnight.
Anon
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BehindBlueEyes
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:28amThey used to do this kind of thing out west all the time only they were riding horses.
Maserati, I wonder what business that guy was in?
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:38amI would venture to say that they are probably all in the pharmaceutical bidness.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:39amOh yeah, these are the kinds of people who sell hash to WANGO.
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BlazeGlory
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:21amI hope it’s true: What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.
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Pokerjoe
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:29pmThat’s good.
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noslave
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:21ama few less obama supporters??obamas KIDS DRIVE MASERATIS NOW?? BUT $300 SNEAKERS AND FREE PHONES ARE STILL NEEDED FOR THE LESS FORTUNATE??reprarations and re-distribution hasn’t been completed??
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mrunner
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:05amWe should all have maserrati’s! It is not fair that only the wealthy possess them. It should be the right of all Americans! It is not fair that in the wealthiest country in the world some people still have to take the bus. It is not their fault that they do not have the ambition to work!
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FiscalBill
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:17amIts obvious we need Maserati control. Surrender them now in my driveway.
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Bullitt2008
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:26amWe need to ban all fast cars now! Speed kills. Plus, if they didn’t have cars, there would be no shooting. See? Bill, you take the Maserati’s and I’ll take the Shelby’s.
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fastgen1
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:27amYep, we can no longer allow Maserati’s to be shipped to this country. We must protect our children at all costs.
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SonOfaSailor
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:10amI wonder what rapper it was? Proof that 2pac lives
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GOFORT
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:10amA Homie in a Maserati?
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starman70
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:21amHarry Reid voters no doubt!!!
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PA PATRIOT
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:30amIllegal alien uninformed armed voter,
who voted 5 times
Yes for Prince Harry Reid
Hell…. I’d place a bet that he voted for Nutty Nancy too
I am sure there is an odds line on legal or illegal.
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:09amNow that is something you don’t see everyday;…..someone shooting out the window of a Maserati. An SUV? Yes. A Cadillac…maybe? Yes. But a Maserati? Not often.
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fastgen1
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:30amOk–It now makes sense…A Cadillac, and a SUV, — the Maserati was stolen, the rapper in the stolen Maserati was not going to be outdone, now he is dead. Maserati’s are unsafe
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:45amThe SUV is now reported to be a Black Range Rover with oversized chrome rims. Imagine that?
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fdraiden
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:11pmCan’t tell the color of the people in the suv, it had tinted windows, any guesses?
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Thighmaster
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:09amIsn’t that “Dirty” Harry Reid country ?
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woodyee
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:07amMaserati?
No doubt a huge dope-deal gone bad. Bass terd wasted two innocents with his CAR. I feel sorry for the innocent victims of CRIMINAL activity.
Also no doubt that dingy Harry will find the rest of the innocent population of Nevada at fault.
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shorelineliz
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:06amIt’s Las Vegas Y’all! That’s just how all the homies roll down there! Ain’t nuthin.
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OldSurfRat
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:06am“3 Dead in Car-to-Car Shooting”
Damn even cars are shooting each other. What is this world comming to?
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:34amOLDSURFRAT, Ask Plugs and the Almighty Zero, there is a way to prevent this. Just disarm all of the responsible non-criminal citizenry.
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chips1
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:05amI wonder if someone refused an offer. It’s not the Mafia’s way.
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term limits for congress
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:04amThat’s terrible. I wish we had laws to prevent such foolishness.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:03amCSI won’t figure this one out in one hour!
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progressiveslayer
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:03amSure hope it wasn’t a gun free zone that would be a shame.
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PA PATRIOT
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:02amWhat do you want to “bet” that none of the weapons are registered.
Bet THEIR LIVES?
Especially in Sin City
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shorelineliz
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:07amhow much you want to make a bet there are no white people involved in this?
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starman70
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:12amDrug dealers defending their territory no doubt. Weapons stolen or imported by cartels in Mexico. Just another day in the life in a big city.
Do you think that any plan for gun registration would have had any effect on these criminals? FAT CHANCE!! But let theCommunists at NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC ant the NY Times and their associated papers broadcast the story, you will see a totally different take on the events.
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