Las Vegas Homeowner Pulls Gun on Census Taker

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LAS VEGAS - Metro Police swarmed a neighborhood near Desert Inn and Pecos Friday afternoon. A second visit by a Census worker intensified at the doorway of a home in that area.

"The Census worker alleges that the homeowner pulled a gun on her. The homeowner, of course, alleges the Census worker was being pushy and pushy and wouldn't leave, and went around the side of the house," Metro Sgt. Ken Romane said. "It was kind of a high priority call the way it came out, so we got here pretty quickly."

Chopper 8 hovered above as police questioned the homeowner. Metro says she had a shotgun in her possession inside the home, but the woman was not arrested or charged. "At the end of the day, we really had no crime because of conflicting stories," Sgt. Romane said. "Nobody wanted to prosecute. Everybody just wanted to leave." The homeowner did not answer her door when 8 News NOW tried to get an interview, but neighbors say she is very nice and suffering from cancer.

The U.S. Census Bureau says this is an extreme case. "This is only the second time something like this has happened in the entire Denver region, 11 states," said Census Chief Government Liaison for Nevada David Byerman.

http://www.8newsnow.com/global/story.asp?s=12525232

And a woman was killed by police after pointing a gun at a census worker and then the police in CA.

YUBA CITY, Calif.—The son of a grandmother fatally shot by Yuba City police says his mother was likely startled when a census worker and officers showed up after dusk.

Police said they were called at 9:04 p.m. Thursday after a census worker reported a man with a gun answered the door of a Yuba City home. The census worker reported residents of the home pointed a firearm at her, said they would not answer any questions, then closed the door, said police spokeswoman Shawna Pavey.

Officers arrived and arrested 51-year-old Lionel Craig Patterson at about 10:20 p.m. on suspicion of assault with a firearm on a peace officer.

During the arrest, Victoria Roger-Vasselin, 67, approached officers from the house carrying a shotgun, Pavey said. Roger-Vasselin was shot multiple times, dying at the scene.

Her son, Christian Biscotti, said Friday his mother was likely frightened by the late visits to the upscale home she shared with Patterson.

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15141810