Shooting At Siegfried & Roy Home

Police in Las Vegas are saying that a gunman recently opened fire on the home of former Las Vegas Strip entertainers Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn.

The shooter is said to have shouted that the two men should get out of the country.

Police initially labeled the shooting as a hate crime.

No one was hurt in the September 21st drive-by shooting. Police say a witness reported seeing a man fire four shots from a white van.

Police announced the shooting a day after Horn and friends celebrated his 60th birthday at the home.

Sunday also was the one-year anniversary of a near-fatal tiger mauling that left Horn partially paralyzed and forced the closure of the illusionists' long-running Siegfried & Roy show.

Horn was mauled by a 380-pound tiger during a live performance Oct. 3 at The Mirage hotel-casino.

Last month, the USDA, which had sought a videotape of the mauling as part of its investigation into the incident, reluctantly agreed to just view the footage, a USDA official said.

That development came after two Nevada senators got involved in the case.

A spokeswoman for Sen. Harry Reid, Tessa Hafen, confirmed that the USDA had agreed to only view the footage.

Reid and Sen. John Ensign drafted an amendment that would have prohibited USDA investigators from forcing Feld Entertainment Inc., the producer of the Siegfried & Roy show, to turn over the video.

A copy of the proposed amendment obtained by The Associated Press would prohibit the use of federal money to obtain the videotape "through a subpoena ... or any other means."

Reid said the amendment was drafted after a friend of the illusionist contacted him. The senator said the USDA was being unreasonable, and he wanted to protect Horn's privacy.

The USDA subpoenaed Feld Entertainment in April, but the company refused to hand over the footage. It offered to show investigators the tape. The USDA refused, not wanting the Vienna, Va.-based company dictating how the agency should run its probe.

Feld Entertainment said it didn't want the footage to fall into the hands of the media. Horn and his partner, Siegfried Fischbacher, also said they didn't want the images of the attack being replayed repeatedly on television.

By Adam Goldman