11 year old boy being driven to school by his step-father killed in road rage shooting in Nevada, Henderson.
Define senseless tragedy…? An 11-year-old Nevada boy being driven to school by his stepdad was killed in a road rage shooting.
Tyler Matthew Johns, 22, was arrested after firing the fatal shot at the step-dad’s vehicle following a verbal exchange after one of the drivers attempted to pass the other on the shoulder, Friday morning.
Cops release Henderson road rage shooting video of 11 year old
11 year old boy killed in Henderson, Nevada road rage shooting
The single gunshot struck the eleven year old as the boy sat in the back of the family vehicle.
The incident happened just on 7.30 a.m, Friday along Interstate 215 in Henderson, 16 miles south of Las Vegas according to the Henderson Police Department.
After the shooting, police say that the boy’s stepfather ‘rammed’ the suspect’s vehicle with his car, causing both to stop in the middle of the freeway. Both stepped out of their vehicles, with both men proceeding to engage in a ‘heated exchange,’ cops stated.
A police officer was hailed down by an unspecified individual, who later took the suspect into custody, police said during a Friday press conference. Emergency personnel and medical professionals at a nearby hospital rendered aid to the boy, but despite their ‘best efforts,’ the boy succumbed to his injuries.
Homicide detectives arrived on the scene and arrested the suspect on charges of open murder and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle, police said.
Police Chief Reggie Rader described the tragedy as a ‘senseless act.’
Senseless tragedy leads to 11 year old losing his life
”I need everybody to be patient on our roadways. We have an obligation to look out for each other.’ Adding, ‘We lost a life today that we didn’t have to lose.’
Johns is currently being held in the Henderson Detention Center on no bond.
