Overview
- Police say two drivers jockeying for position on I-215 argued through open windows before a single handgun round struck an 11-year-old riding in the back seat on his way to school.
- After the shot, the boy’s stepfather rammed the suspect’s car and a passing Las Vegas police officer detained the suspect, with a firearm recovered at the scene.
- Court records identify the suspect as Tyler M. Johns, 22, who was booked into the Henderson Detention Center on counts including open murder and firing into a vehicle.
- Judge Sandra Allred DiGiacomo denied Johns’ bail on Saturday, and a status check hearing is set for Tuesday, according to Henderson Justice Court records.
- The child was transported to a hospital where he died, and Henderson police say the homicide investigation remains active, urging tips as officials note other recent freeway shootings in the Las Vegas Valley.