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Soldier honored for stopping shooting in Los Vegas
« on: March 15, 2008, 04:04:13 AM »
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ A North Dakota National Guard soldier from Crosby is slated to be honored today.

Justin Lampert helped subdue a gunman in a Las Vegas casino last summer. He's getting the Army's Soldier's Medal at a ceremony today at the state Capitol in Bismarck. The medal is a non-combat award for heroism by a soldier.

Authorities say Lampert tackled a man who opened fire with a handgun inside the New York-New York hotel-casino in Las Vegas last July. The shooting wounded four people and caused a panic that left another person injured.

Lampert, a veteran of the Iraq War, was in Las Vegas to attend a bachelor party when the incident happened.



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