Woman faces murder charge after man fatally struck by SUV, police say
A man has died after he was struck by a vehicle in North Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon, and a woman was facing a murder charge, according to the North Las Vegas Police Department.
Police said officers responded just after 1 p.m. to the 1200 block of East Craig Road, near North Bruce Street. Upon arrival, officers located an unresponsive man “near a red SUV in the parking lot of a local restaurant,” police said in a press release.
The man was transported to University Medical Center and was later pronounced dead, according to police.
Officers said there may have been a prior altercation between the man who died and the driver of the SUV, who police identified as Andrea Ann Roman, 40.
Roman remained at the scene, and was later taken into custody and booked into North Las Vegas Community Correctional Center on a charge of open murder with a deadly weapon, North Las Vegas police said.
Anyone who may have knowledge of the incident was urged to contact the North Las Vegas Police Department at 702-633-9111. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers of Nevada at 702-385-5555, or crimestoppersofnv.com.
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