Overview
- The LVMPD posted roughly 45 minutes of body-camera video that captures the suspect surrendering and saying, "I shot at him" while claiming he did not know a child was in the back seat.
- Footage also shows the boy’s stepfather, Valente Ayala, telling officers "My kid is dead" moments after the shooting on the 215 Southern Beltway near Gibson Road.
- Police say the Nov. 14 confrontation began around 7:30 a.m. as the drivers were jockeying for position and arguing through open windows before a single round was fired into Ayala’s SUV.
- After the shot, Ayala rammed the suspect’s car to stop it; a passing Las Vegas officer intervened, arrested Tyler Matthew Johns at the scene, and recovered a firearm.
- The Clark County Coroner said 11-year-old Brandon Dominguez-Chavarria died from a gunshot wound to the head, and court records list Johns on an open murder count and weapons charges with the next hearing set for December 4.