LAS VEGAS – Police arrested a suspect Thursday in a road-rage killing of a Las Vegas woman after swarming a home about a block from the site where she was shot a week ago.
The case has received significant attention since police initially said 44-year-old Tammy Meyers was killed by an angry driver who followed her home after she gave her teenage daughter a driving lesson.
Police did not release the male suspect’s name or discuss his possible involvement in the killing of Meyers. The shirtless suspect was led into a car by an officer and taken to police headquarters for questioning.
Meyers was removed from life support on Valentine’s Day as police hunted for a suspect, and donations for her funeral costs quickly poured in to a fundraising site.
Sympathy morphed into skepticism after police revealed that Meyers was not followed home, and instead dropped her daughter off and picked up her 22-year-old son, armed with his 9 mm handgun, to try to confront the driver who had frightened her earlier.
They went looking for the driver, followed the vehicle and eventually went home. The silver car then showed up outside the Meyers’ home and a shootout occurred. The mother was shot in the head outside the home.
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“I did what I had to do to protect my family,” said Brandon Meyers, 22. “Everyone can think what they have to think. I did it for a reason. And I’d do it for anyone I love.”
It’s not yet known if the suspect and members of the Meyers family knew each other.
Earlier, as authorities worked to coax the suspect to surrender, Meyers’ husband, Robert, arrived and was emotionally distraught as he tried get close to the home that police had surrounded.
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