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Vegas Court Shooter Johnny Lee Wicks Set Condo on Fire Before Attack

The senior citizen who is being blamed for a Las Vegas courthouse shooting that killed a security officer had set his condo on fire in a fit of rage before the attack. Friends and family told ABC News that Johnny Lee Wicks, 66, was so upset that his monthly Social Security check was being reduced that he set fire to his home in a gated retirement community around 5 a.m. Monday. Wicks died in the shootout at the Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse, shot and killed by court officers who returned...Full Story
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