Overview
- Tyler Matthew Johns, 22, is charged with open murder and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle after a freeway confrontation in Henderson, Nevada.
- In court Tuesday, Johns’ lawyer called the shooting an “accidental situation” and asked for $50,000 bail with monitoring, which the judge rejected.
- An arrest declaration says Johns spontaneously admitted firing and said he did not know a child was in the back seat.
- Police say the incident began around 7:30 a.m. Friday as two vehicles were jockeying for position on westbound 215 near Stephanie and Gibson, ending with one shot into an SUV driven by Valente Ayala.
- The victim, 11-year-old Brandon Dominguez-Chavarria, was on his way to school and later died at University Medical Center, with the coroner listing the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the head.