Richard Travis Brown

Deadly force

Las Vegas police were called over a convenience store robbery and found themselves in a other pursuit with Richard Travis Brown, dubbed "The Candy Bar Robber" and suspected of more than 40 robberies. Officer pursued Brown's van and ran after him on foot after Brown jumped out of the van. Brown pointed a gun at the officer, and the officer fired three times. Brown fell, and the officer said he tried to point the gun at him again, causing him to fire five more times at Brown. The gun was found 35 feet from where Brown was shot.