Trial delayed for Mesa man accused of selling ammo to Vegas shooter

PHOENIX — The trial date for an Arizona man who was accused of providing armor-piercing ammunition to the Las Vegas gunman has been rescheduled.

Douglas Haig, 56, will go on trial for the federal ammunition-manufacturing charge in Las Vegas on Aug. 12, it was announced Wednesday.

The trial for the Mesa man was originally set for March 11. It was pushed back to accommodate attorney and U.S. District Court schedules, Haig’s attorney, Marc Victor, and prosecutors told The Associated Press.

Haig denies that he illegally made armor-piercing and incendiary bullets found in a high-rise hotel room where Stephen Paddock staged the attack before killing himself in the October 2017 shooting. Fifty-eight people died and more than 850 were injured.

He lost a bid last October to move the case from Las Vegas to Phoenix, closer to his home in Mesa and is now asking to have the charge dismissed.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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