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Hearing scheduled in police shooting

Las Vegas Review-Journal

February 28, 1991 - 1:43 am

A coroner’s inquest jury is scheduled to hear testimony today in the shooting of a suspected male prostitute by a Metro police officer.

Attorney Leon Simons. will preside over the six-juror panel.

The jury will decide whether the shooting of Donald Bryan Schiess, 20, was justifiable.

The victim was shot by vice officer George Pease after he allegedly pulled a knife against the undercover officer.

Police said Pease did not have time to identify himself as an officer before he pulled a gun from under the seat of a car and fired three times, killing Schiess.

Justice of the Peace Rebecca Saxe addresses court-appointed defense attorney Lauria Lynch-Germa ...

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By Katelyn Newberg / RJ

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By John Katsilometes / RJ

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The Capitol is seen in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Members of NGSW-UAW outside of NSHE on Nov. 21. (Courtesy: NGSW-UAW)

Nevada grad students vote to unionize: ‘$30K shouldn’t feel like a luxurious salary’

By Emerson Drewes / RJ

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By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

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‘We will not accept a lack of accountability’: Compliance monitor appointed to CCSD

By Katie Futterman / RJ

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President-elect Donald Trump speaks at meeting of the House GOP conference, Nov. 13, 2024, in W ...

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By JILL COLVIN Associated Press

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