Emblem of the NICS. The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is a U.S. system for determining if prospective firearms or explosives buyers' name and birth year match those of a person who is not eligible to buy.
Paul Gray, who founded heavy-metal band Slipknot, died of a drug overdose in an Iowa motel in 2010. His doctor, Dr Daniel Baldi, faces 9 counts of involuntary manslaughter stemming from the deaths of Gray and others he prescribed drugs to.
Autopsy results show that Gray âdid suffer a significant spinal injury that led to his death,â Deputy Police Commissioner Jerry Rodriguez told reporters. Baltimore police released a timeline saying the police van left the scene of the arrest at 8:54 a.m. on April 12.