Family of woman killed in road rage will refund donations
The family of Tammy Meyers will refund more than $6,000 in donations collected for her funeral expenses on GoFundMe amid public criticism of the family’s account of her death.
Robert Meyers Sr., husband of Tammy Meyers, told the Review-Journal on Thursday that nearly 200 donors will get their money back from the family.
The GoFundMe page was shut down about 6 p.m. Wednesday. Meyers announced the decision via Facebook and said he will not be soliciting additional donations for his wife.
“I never said anything different than told,” the post read. “If all of you people that think I was a fraud and lied about facts, I’m truly sorry.”
Meyers said the page was set up by a friend and that the family didn’t have much involvement.
“I didn’t have a bank account or anything attached to it,” Meyers said.
Public criticism of the family intensified when Las Vegas police announced new details Tuesday in the killing that conflicted with details given by the family. By Wednesday, dozens of people from across the country took to the page to protest its existence.
“Times are too hard for good people to be swindled,” wrote Christine Galla Pope, a commenter. “Give them the true story and then let them decide if they want to contribute.”
Tammy Meyers’ family said she was shot outside the family home, in the 7900 block of Mount Shasta Circle, in a fit of road rage Feb. 12. She was on her way home from Johnson Junior High School, the family said, where she was teaching her daughter how to parallel park.
The family said she was in a crash with another car and sped home after the driver threatened her. Tammy Meyers, 44, and her 15-year-old daughter arrived home, but the car followed and gunned down Tammy Meyers before she could enter her house.
Metro said there was no crash on the way home, and that Tammy Meyers and her adult son went out looking Thursday night for the vehicle she had encountered earlier that evening.
After finding the other car, Tammy Meyers and her son followed it, police said.
At some point, the other vehicle began following the mother and son. It went all the way to their home.
Someone in the other vehicle then opened fire, and Tammy Meyers was hit in the head. She died on Saturday.
Around 1 p.m. Thursday, police made an arrest in the case. Erich Nowsch, 19, faces one count each of first-degree murder, attempted murder and discharging a gun into a vehicle. He was booked in the Clark County Detention Center.
Nowsch was picked up barely a block from the Meyers’ home, and Robert Meyers Sr. said the family knows him.
police said they had made an arrest in the case, but they did not immediately identify the suspect.
Police previously said the man who shot Tammy Meyers was in a four-door gray or silver sedan.
Metro released a composite sketch of an occupant of the vehicle they said Thursday was Nowsch. He was described as being in his mid-20s, 6 feet tall and about 180 pounds. Police said he has spiked, dirty blond hair and that his eyes are blue or hazel.
Nowsch, being loaded into a police car Thursday, was shirtless and looked shorter than 6 feet and lighter than 180 pounds.
Anyone with information can contact Metro’s homicide section at 702-828-3521, or at homicide@lvmpd.com. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555 or www.crimestoppersofnv.com.
Contact Chris Kudialis at ckudialis@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0283. Find him on Twitter @kudialisrj
