Las Vegas police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred in the 1100 block of East Bonanza Road, near Maryland Parkway. Police are calling this a road rage incident.
#BREAKING the shooting scene is at or outside of a 711 on the corner of Bonanza & Maryland. @LVMPD extending crime tape now. @KTNV pic.twitter.com/5zCZaE0IlA
— MAHSA SAEIDI, ESQ. (@MahsaWho) November 13, 2018
According to detectives, a driver and two pedestrians got into an altercation around 8 p.m. Monday. Police believe the pedestrians may have been jaywalking as they were crossing the street.
Police say the driver parked at the nearby convenience store located at the intersection of Bonanza and Maryland. We're told the driver approached the two men who were inside the store at the time.
There was a fistfight in the parking lot.
#BREAKING @LVMPD is investigating a homicide near a 711 at Maryland/Bonanza. Most of the activity of officers is to the right of the building. Unclear where shooting happened. One dead. Suspect(s) outstanding. @KTNV pic.twitter.com/nF1lIbME5W
— MAHSA SAEIDI, ESQ. (@MahsaWho) November 13, 2018
During the fight, one of the men produced a gun and shot the driver, according to police.
The driver was taken to the hospital where he died. Police are searching for the two jaywalkers. No suspect has been taken into custody.
Interactive Map: Murders investigated in the Las Vegas valley in 2018
