Las Vegas carjacking homicide: suspect Treyvon Taylor arrested after fatal hit
A 28-year-old man was arrested in Las Vegas after a vehicle theft suspect fatally struck a man who stood in front of his own car to stop the theft.
Las Vegas man killed trying to stop theft of his own vehicle
A man was fatally struck near Harmon and Nellis in Las Vegas on 10 November after he stepped in front of his own vehicle to prevent it from being stolen, fox5vegas.com reports.
Police received a call at around 11:33 a.m. reporting a pedestrian struck near South Glenn Davis Drive and Dennis Way. Officers found the victim injured in the road and rendered aid, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Detectives established that the man had witnessed his vehicle being taken from his own driveway, exited his home and placed himself in front of the moving car in an attempt to halt the theft. The suspect accelerated, struck him and fled.
Investigators identified Treyvon Taylor, 28, as the suspect in the homicide. Patrol officers located and arrested Taylor on Friday, 13 November, with assistance from the FBI. He was federally charged with carjacking resulting in death and booked into the Henderson Detention Center.
The Clark County coroner's office will release the victim's identity along with the cause and manner of death.
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