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.
Gray died on April 19, 2015, days after suffering a severe spinal injury while riding in the back of a police van. He had been arrested by officers following a foot chase in his neighborhood. It wasnât clear why he ran when he saw the police. The officers said they found a switchblade in his pocket.