Woman dead, man injured after Las Vegas car chase, shooting
A woman died and a man was hospitalized after the car they were in crashed after they were shot at by another vehicle in the southwest Las Vegas Valley early Friday, police said.
The Metropolitan Police Department said in a news release that it had received a call just before 12:15 a.m. from a man who claimed he was being shot at by a vehicle that was chasing him near Robindale and Lindell roads.
Officers received additional calls reporting a vehicle crash in the same area and that “unknown males” were jumping walls and running through yards near the crash, according to the release.
Arriving officers found two vehicles involved in a collision and an unidentified female lying in the street suffering from apparent injuries after she had been ejected from one of the crashed vehicles, police said. Metro said the woman died at the scene.
All other occupants of the two vehicles had fled, but a man was found nearby a short time later suffering from wounds police said were sustained in a crash. Police did not identify the man and said he was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Investigators learned the dead woman and the man who was hospitalized had been driving home when they noticed they were being followed, police said. Somebody from the other vehicle began to shoot at them, causing the victims lose control of their vehicle and crash, according to Metro.
The man and woman were ejected from their vehicle, police said. The other vehicle was unable to stop and collided with the victims’ wrecked vehicle, Metro said.
All occupants of the second vehicle fled and hadn’t been arrested, police said Friday afternoon. An investigation was ongoing.
The woman who died will be identified by the Clark County coroner’s office, police said. Anyone with information is urged to contact Metro’s Homicide Section at 702-828-3521, or by email at homicide@lvmpd.com. Tipsters can remain anonymous by contacting Crime Stoppers of Nevada at 702-385-5555.
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