CSN student arrested for allegedly having rifle, 2K ammo rounds
A College of Southern Nevada student was arrested Wednesday after police reportedly found a rifle and about 2,000 rounds of ammunition in his car at the school’s Henderson campus.
Around 6 p.m., officers with University Police Services found the weapon and ammunition rounds after a tip from other students reporting “firearm magazines” inside the car, according to a statement from the college.
Please read a message from @CSNPresident Dr. Federico Zaragoza about an incident on the Henderson Campus this evening. https://t.co/cCwMkt4Z9A
— CSN (@CSNCoyote) August 29, 2019
The student, 27-year-old Shayn David Striegel, told officers that he forgot he had the weapon inside his car at the campus, 700 College Drive, CSN spokesman Richard Lake said in a text message Wednesday night.
Striegel, a freshman majoring in science, was arrested on suspicion of possessing a dangerous weapon on school property. He was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Wednesday with bail set at $2,000, jail records show.
Lake said firearms are prohibited on Nevada System of Higher Education campuses, including guns in parked cars.
“Although police do not believe that an ongoing threat exists to Henderson or any of our other campuses as a result of this incident, it is an important reminder of the effectiveness of the ‘see something, say something’ public safety campaign,” CSN said in a statement posted on Twitter and emailed to students.
No more information about the incident was provided Thursday. Class started Monday at CSN’s three Las Vegas Valley campuses.
Contact Katelyn Newberg at knewberg@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0240. Follow @k_newberg on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Aleksandra Appleton contributed to this report.
