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This image from campus surveillance video released by University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Thursday, March 28, 2024, shows gunman Anthony Polito, right, moments before being fatally shot by a UNLV campus police officer on Dec. 6, 2023, on the campus in Las Vegas. (University of Nevada, Las Vegas via AP)

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UNLV releases video of campus shooter killed by police after 3 professors shot dead
By KEN RITTER - Associated Press
Fri,03/29/24-4:21PM , 59 Reads
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Images of a campus police officer diving behind a patrol vehicle to escape gunfire and then fatally shooting a gunman outside a building at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, are among footage in newly released video of a deadly rampage that left three professors dead and a fourth badly wounded last December.
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New TSA screening equipment at Harry Reid International Airport is displayed, Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

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TSA unveils passenger self-screening lanes at Vegas airport as 'a step into the future'
By KEN RITTER - Associated Press
Wed,03/06/24-5:21PM , 59 Reads
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal airport security officials unveiled a passenger self-screening system Wednesday at busy Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, but say they do not plan to use it in other cities around the country.
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A trial date has been pushed back from June to November for a former Los Angeles-area gang leader charged with killing hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas. (Feb. 20)

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Ex-gang leader's murder trial in Tupac Shakur killing pushed back to November
By KEN RITTER - Associated Press
Mon,02/19/24-11:11PM , 88 Reads
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Trial for a former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing of hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in 1996 has been pushed back several months, a judge said Tuesday.
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Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is accused of orchestrating the 1996 slaying of hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur, appears in court for a hearing at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

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Former gang leader charged in killing of Tupac Shakur is allowed $750K bail and house arrest
By KEN RITTER - Associated Press
Tue,01/09/24-12:02AM , 134 Reads
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge set bail Tuesday at $750,000 for a former Los Angeles-area gang leader charged with orchestrating the killing of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur in 1996, saying he can serve house arrest with electronic monitoring ahead of trial on a murder charge.
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