| Lloyd D. George Federal District Courthouse shooting | |
|---|---|
 The Las Vegas courthouse building where the shooting occurred. | |
| Location | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Date | January 4, 2010 c. 8:00 a.m. |
| Weapons | Mossberg 500 12 gauge shotgun |
| Deaths | 2 (Stanley W. Cooper and the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 1 (Richard Gardner) |
| Perpetrator | Johnny Lee Wicks |
The Las Vegas courthouse shooting was an attack on January 4, 2010, in which a gunman opened fire in the lobby of the Lloyd D. George Federal District Courthouse in Las Vegas, Nevada. Two people were killed in the attack, including the gunman, who was identified by authorities as Johnny Lee Wicks, a 66-year-old man disgruntled over cuts to his Social Security benefits.[1][2][3][4] Stanley W. Cooper, a 72-year-old court security officer, was also killed after a shotgun blast struck him in the chest. A 48-year-old deputy U.S. Marshal named Richard "Joe" Gardner was shot in the upper arm, chest, and head, with a total of eight pieces of buckshot entering his body, and hospitalized at the University Medical Center, but survived.[3][4]
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- ^ a b Blasky, Mike; McCabe, Frances (January 4, 2010). "Court officer, suspect killed in federal courthouse shooting". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved January 4, 2010.