Uber driver killed in road rage shooting on Las Vegas Strip

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Metro police say an Uber driver is dead after he was shot in the neck during a road accident on the Las Vegas Strip.

On Monday around 4 p.m., police responded to a report of a shooting outside the Palazzo on the Las Vegas Strip. When officers arrived, they found a gray Jeep Cherokee and the victim lying on the road. The victim, believed to be in his 50s, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said before the shooting that the victim, an Uber driver with two passengers in the vehicle, and the suspect were involved in a traffic accident that occurred within a quarter-mile radius.

The victim was behind the suspect’s vehicle and when both vehicles came to a stop, the victim exited his vehicle, walked to the driver’s door and punched the window. According to police, that’s when the suspect shot the victim in the neck. Police said the victim also pulled out a gun but collapsed before he could use it.

The shooter, who was driving a silver Subaru WRX, left the scene before officers arrived. Police were able to identify the suspect’s license plate number and locate the vehicle at a home in the area of ​​Washington and Torrey Pines, where they arrested a woman in her 20s without incident, police said.

LVMPD Homicide Unit Lt. Jason Johansson emphasized patience as construction continues throughout the Las Vegas Valley.

“The biggest message I want to pass on to myself is that there is a lot of construction going on in the valley right now. “We’re starting to see a slight increase in some of these road rage shootings, a few murders,” Johansson said. “It wasn’t worth anyone’s life.”

Las Vegas Boulevard was closed in both directions from Spring Mountain Road to the Venetian Entrance. According to RTC Southern Nevada, Sands Avenue is also closed in both directions between Las Vegas Boulevard and Koval Lane. Drivers were advised to use other routes.

This was the first of two fatal shootings in the Central Valley on Monday, the second occurring nearly 45 minutes later and a mile away at a McDonald’s on Paradise Road.