Day/date: May 21, 1987


                                 FIELD INCIDENT REPORT
Log number: 87-77
Date/time of incident: 5/20,3:00pm    Date/time received: 5/21, 11:00am
Park: Lake Mead NRA      Location: North Shore Road
Reported by: Newton Sikes, Chief Ranger, LAME
Received by: Melissa Warner, Division of Ranger Activities, WASO

Summary:
On 5/20 LAME received a report to be on the lookout for a 25 year old white
male named R.R. who was wanted for murder by the Nevada Metro PD.
R.R. was wanted for killing a man with a butcher knife and wounding the
man's female companion earlier that day.

R.R. was reported to be driving a 1979 Camaro. At 2:15pm the dispatcher
at LAME received a report from a Nevada Fish & Game agent who was in the park
and had spotted a 1979 Camaro matching the description of the vehicle.
Two NPS patrol vehicles with 2 rangers each proceeded to milepost 1 on the
North Shore Road where the sighting had occurred. At milepost 7 the rangers
attempted to have the individual pull off the road. He would not stop, and a
chase ensued. At milepost 24.2, on a straight stretch, the Camaro ran off the
road and wrecked. The rangers approached the vehicle using felony stop
procedures and found the driver dead of injuries suffered in the crash. A 16"
butcher knife, was found in the vehicle along with a suicide note which left
the Camaro to R.R.'s wife.

Las Vegas Metro Homicide Division came to the park to perform the
investigation, which is ongoing.

Persons involved:
Name                                 Address             DOB or age
R.R.                               Las Vegas, NV             25