By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-11-26 11:21:43 | Updated at 2024-11-26 13:48:43
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An Uber driver has been killed after he was shot in the neck during a deadly road rage incident on the Vegas Strip.
The victim, believed to be a white male in his 50s, was found dead at the scene at around 4pm when police responded to a shooting report in front of the Palazzo on the Las Vegas Strip.
When officers arrived, they discovered a grey Jeep Cherokee and the lifeless body of the driver lying in the road with a severe neck injury.
Police revealed that prior to the shooting, the Uber worker, who had two passengers in his vehicle, was embroiled in a road rage incident with the suspect which stretched on for around a quarter of a mile.
The victim was driving behind the suspect's vehicle and when both cars came to a halt, the victim stepped out of his vehicle before approaching the driver's side door and banging on the window.
Cops said this was the moment the suspect shot the Uber driver in his neck.
The victim had also reportedly pulled out his own firearm, but collapsed before he was ever able to pull the trigger.
The assailant, who had been driving a silver Subaru WRX, fled the scene before officers arrived, but they were quickly able to identify the suspect's license plate.
An Uber driver was killed after being shot in the neck on Monday in front of the Palazzo on the Las Vegas Strip
The victim, believed to be in his 50s, was caught up in a road rage incident before he died
Las Vegas Boulevard was closed in both directions from Spring Mountain Road to Venetian Entrance on the day of the shooting
After hunting down the plate, police were able to trace the vehicle to a home in the Washington and Torrey Pines area.
They then arrested a woman in her 20s without incident, police said, and she is now in custody.
Earlier Monday, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada warned drivers of 'heavy construction delays' in the same area where the shooting later happened.
At that time, southbound Las Vegas Boulevard was reduced to a single lane from Spring Mountain Road to Harmon Avenue.
LVMPD Homicide Lieutenant Jason Johansson emphasized patience as the construction works took place.
'The biggest message to carry forward to me is, look there is a lot of construction going on in the valley right now,' he said.
'We are starting to see an increase slightly in some of these road rage incident type of shootings, a couple of murders,' Johansson added.
'It wasn't worth somebody's life.'
Las Vegas Boulevard was closed in both directions from Spring Mountain Road to Venetian Entrance on the day of the shooting.
Sands Avenue was also closed in both directions between Las Vegas Boulevard and Koval Lane, and drivers were advised to use other routes.
As of Tuesday, both lanes on Las Vegas Boulevard are now open.
Monday's incident was the first of two deadly shootings in the central valley that day with the second taking place almost 45 minutes later, and around a mile away, at McDonald's on Paradise Road.
A man was shot inside the fast food restaurant at around 4:45pm before being dashed to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
