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Title: Las Vegas police arrest suspect in road-rage killing
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USA Today
URL Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/ ... ad-rage-death-arrest/23691065/
Published: Feb 19, 2015
Author: Michael Winter
Post Date: 2015-02-20 00:46:18 by Gatlin
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Views: 4075
Comments: 25
Las Vegas police Thursday afternoon arrested a 19-year-old suspect in the road-rage killing of a 44-year-old mother of four last week. Erich Milton Nowsch Jr., was taken into custody shortly before 1 p.m. after a two-hour standoff at his mother's house, a block from where Tammy Meyers was shot in the head outside her home Feb. 12. She died on Valentine's Day after being taken off life support . Meyers knew the teen, whom she had frequently counseled, her husband said. Nowsch faces charges of murder, attempted murder and discharging a firearm in a vehicle. Police said Nowsch had been under surveillance. A Las Vegas SWAT unit surrounded his mother's home after she contacted police. A nearby junior high school was locked down until he was in custody. Meyers' husband, Robert, became emotional as he attempted to get closer to the house as officers tried to coax the suspect out. He then shouted at a camera crew, "There's the (expletive) who killed my wife. And a block away!" "Are you all happy? You made my wife look like an animal," he told reporters. "There's the animal, a block away!" Meyers was shot after returning from giving her 15-year-old daughter a late- night driving lesson at a nearby school parking lot. Meyers knew Nowsch, which is how she identified the road-rage suspect, Robert Meyers told reporters later Tuesday afternoon. She gave him money and "tried to teach him how to be a man," the Associated Press reported. KLAS-TV said Tammy Meyers "had spent countless hours consoling the teen." Meyers' daughter told police that while her mother was driving her home, a man in a silver car sped up and drove alongside them, the Las Vegas Sun reported. The daughter said she then reached over and honked the horn. The driver stopped in front of them, got out, and angrily approached their vehicle. Police said that after Meyers dropped her daughter off at home, she had her daughter wake her 22-year-old son, Brandon, who grabbed a 9mm pistol. He and his mother then went looking for the suspect. They spotted the suspect's vehicle and followed it before returning home, followed by the suspect. Family members said that three people were in the car, and that one fired several shots. Her returned fire, and Meyers, who was standing in the driveway, was hit during the exchange. "I did what I had to do to protect my family," Brandon Meyers said afterward. "Everyone can think what they have to think. I did it for a reason. And I'd do it for anyone I love." No other charges have been filed so far. "We still have a lot of investigative work to do," Las Vegas police Capt. Chris Tomaino said.
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#1. To: Gatlin (#0)
What you did was give the defendant a defense. By taking off after them and capping off a few rounds of your own... he now can claim self defense, and just one sorry sap in the jury needs to believe it.
#3. To: GrandIsland (#1)
Why wouldn't the jury believe it,when it is the truth? You follow ME home or come to MY home and start busting caps at me,don't be surprised when bullets start coming towards you.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest"I did what I had to do to protect my family," Brandon Meyers said afterward. "Everyone can think what they have to think. I did it for a reason. And I'd do it for anyone I love."
Replies to Comment # 1. By taking off after them and capping off a few rounds of your own... he now can claim self defense, and just one sorry sap in the jury needs to believe it.
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