Hearing postponed for man accused of providing ammo to Vegas shooter
Apr 16, 2018, 4:30 AM
Douglas Haig takes questions from reporters at a news conference Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, in Chandler, Ariz. Haig spoke about his experience selling ammunition to the gunman who killed 58 people and injured hundreds more in the Oct. 1, 2017, in Las Vegas shooting, the deadliest in modern U.S. history. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff)
(AP Photo/Brian Skoloff)
PHOENIX — The court date for an Arizona man accused of providing armor-piercing ammunition to the gunman in last year’s mass shooting in Las Vegas has again been postponed.
The hearing for 55-year-old Douglas Haig was scheduled for Monday but has since been moved to May 21.
Haig was charged with conspiring to make and sell armor-piercing ammunition in February.
Authorities say unfired armor-piercing cartridges found inside the Las Vegas hotel room where Stephen Paddock launched the Oct. 1 attack had Haig’s fingerprints.
Haig maintains he legally sold tracer ammunition — which illuminates the path of bullets — to Paddock in the weeks before the shooting that killed 58 people and ended with Paddock killing himself.
The charge centered on armor-piercing cartridges.
Haig hasn’t yet entered a plea.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
