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Suspect Stunned By Taser Before Being Shot
Metro Says Man Took Off When They Tried To Arrest Him
POSTED: 3:18 pm PDT July 1,
2009
UPDATED: 5:27 pm PDT July 7,
2009
LAS VEGAS -- A Metro police officer has shot and killed a child-molestation suspect on North Rancho Drive and West Alexander Road.The incident began in the 5000 block of Duncan Drive, Metro said. Police officers said they were interviewing 32-year-old John Hambleton, and when they tried to place him under arrest, he ran from them.Police said they ran after Hambleton, but he kept running, so they used a Taser on him.When the stun gun did not work, they shot him, and he died, police said.Police said they are looking for a possible witness in a gold Ford Crown Victoria.
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