Hidden records expose federal shooting in desert, flawed Metro investigation – By Arthur Kane (Las Vegas Review-Journal) / Nov 14, 2022
In the remote desert northeast of Las Vegas, four federal officers faced a speeding pickup filled with suspected car thieves.
Two officers drew their guns, yet never fired.
But a Bureau of Land Management trainee, stationed high on a hillside as a lookout, fired eight shots from an AR-15 into the stolen 2000 tan Chevrolet Silverado. Five bullets hit the back of the truck after it appeared to veer away from a police vehicle and went off the road into a deep flood wash, landing on its side.
The bullets killed Greg Davis Sr., 52, and injured the two other suspected thieves. All had extensive criminal histories. Cody Negrette, the trainee who had worked for the BLM only a few months, is heard on bodycam video saying: “I hit all three of ’em.”
