Son of woman killed in road rage shooting has felt that anger himself

The son of a woman killed in what Metro is calling a road rage shooting, who went out looking for a car that had nearly hit hers Feb. 12, had an earlier brush with road rage himself.

Brandon Meyers, the 22-year-old son of Tammy Meyers, made public posts on social media with expletive-laden remarks about an incident last summer.

In August, Meyers posted a lengthy comment on his Facebook page about an incident that occurred on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas.

Meyers told the Review-Journal on Wednesday he was angered when a pedestrian walked in front of the vehicle he was in, driven by his then-girlfriend. After he and the pedestrian flipped each other off, Meyers unbuckled his seat belt and grabbed the door handle. His girlfriend drove away before Meyers could get out.

“If Michelle would have stopped the car, I would have f——— beat the brakes off this dude,” Meyers wrote in an Aug. 23 post on Facebook. “I f——— hate people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

In a separate post, Meyers shared a picture of his gun and called it a member of his family.

Friends and co-workers of Brandon Meyers described the 22-year-old as a well-intentioned person with a cocky personality and a quick temper.

But despite his anger issues, they never felt fearful of him.

“He’s a lot of talk, but he doesn’t do things like that,” said Kahla Carrieveau, who worked with Meyers at a Las Vegas tattoo parlor. “I don’t think he’s a vigilante.”

On a fundraising webpage for Tammy Meyers’ funeral, hosted by GoFundMe.com, many people from around the United States took exception to the family asking for money.

Potential donors who initially showed support for the family posted disdainful comments, questioning whether the family had been honest about the events preceding the death of the 44-year-old mother of four.

“Times are too hard for good people to be swindled,” wrote Christine Galla Pope, who left a comment on the site. “Give them the true story and then let them decide if they want to contribute.”

The page, which as of Wednesday had raised more than $6,000 in donations, was closed about 6:02 p.m.

It wasn’t clear whether the family or the web host shut down the page.

Tammy Meyers was shot while she and Brandon were searching Thursday night for a car that nearly hit hers, according to Metro and the family.

The mother and son found that vehicle and followed it, police said Tuesday. At some point, the other vehicle began following the pair, trailing them back to their home.

Someone in the other vehicle then opened fire, Las Vegas police said, and Meyers was hit in the head. She died Saturday.

In the midst of the ongoing investigation, Las Vegas police held a news conference Wednesday to advise the public on how to respond when confronted with road rage.

Calling police or driving to “popular areas, where police are” is the best response to raging drivers, said Capt. Chris Tomaino of Metro’s robbery and homicide bureaus. That will keep drivers from leading aggressors to their homes.

Tomaino said Nevada does not keep statistics related to road rage, because it’s not defined in the law.

“Road rage is not a legal term,” Tomaino said. “It’s a pop culture term.”

People are more likely to get angry while driving because the physical separation of cars causes emotional separation between drivers, Tomaino said. Unlike a regular face-to-face encounter, people in cars feel protected and secluded, making them more likely to react aggressively, Tomaino said.

Anyone with information about the fatal shooting of Tammy Meyers can contact Metro’s Homicide at 702-828-3521, or at homicide@lvmpd.com. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555 or www.crimestoppersofnv.com.