LAS VEGAS SHOOTING AT COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A Mesa man is due to plead guilty to illegally manufacturing tracer and armor-piercing bullets found in a high-rise hotel suite where a gunman took aim before the Las Vegas Strip massacre two years ago.
Douglas Haig isn’t accused of a direct role in the Oct. 1, 2017, shooting that killed 59 people and injured hundreds at an open-air music festival. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
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Haig is a 57-year-old aerospace engineer who used to reload bullets at home in Mesa, Arizona, and sell them at gun shows.
His plea expected Tuesday will avoid a trial and mean he can’t possess guns or ammunition.
[RELATED: Arizona woman looks back on surviving the Las Vegas shooting one year ago]
Defense attorney Marc Victor maintained that Haig couldn’t get a fair trial before a jury in trauma-scarred Las Vegas.
Douglas Haig isn’t accused of a direct role in the Oct. 1, 2017, shooting that killed 59 people and injured hundreds at an open-air music festival. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
[RELATED: One year after Las Vegas mass shooting: 'Pain that never really goes away']
Haig is a 57-year-old aerospace engineer who used to reload bullets at home in Mesa, Arizona, and sell them at gun shows.
His plea expected Tuesday will avoid a trial and mean he can’t possess guns or ammunition.
[RELATED: Arizona woman looks back on surviving the Las Vegas shooting one year ago]
Defense attorney Marc Victor maintained that Haig couldn’t get a fair trial before a jury in trauma-scarred Las Vegas.