Former Kicker Ford Is Arrested in Las Vegas
Former USC and Oakland Raider kicker Cole Ford was in police custody Tuesday night after authorities identified him as the man behind a drive-by shooting at the home of entertainers Siegfried & Roy.
Ford, 31, whose three-year NFL career ended in 1997, was named in a felony warrant stemming from the Sept. 21 shooting, police Sgt. Chris Jones said.
He was captured without incident about 4:15 p.m. at a copy store near the Las Vegas Strip. A woman tipped off police that Ford was inside the business.
Police identified Ford as the owner of a minivan who shot at the compound owned by illusionists Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn. No one was hurt, but police said shotgun pellets shattered windows and left a hole in a wall.
Ford faces six felony warrant charges of discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle and two felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon.
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