Man arrested in Strip casino parking lot shooting

5 November 2008

By Mary Manning, Las Vegas Sun

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- A 21-year-old man has been arrested and is facing an attempted murder charge in connection with a shooting that wounded another man in the leg at a Las Vegas Strip casino parking garage, Metro Police said.

Garrickson Metayer was arrested after the 3:30 a.m. Saturday shooting on the Mirage parking tower's fourth floor, police said.

Metayer is in the Clark County Detention Center on a charge of attempted murder with a deadly weapon, detection center records show.

The shooting victim was taken to the University Medical Center for treatment of a leg wound that police said was not life-threatening. His name was not released by police.

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