'It is not worth it': Man guns down 11-year-old on his way to school during fight over lane in highway traffic, police say

A Nevada antheral was denied bail days aft helium was charged with fatally shooting an 11-year-old lad during a road rage incident.

Tyler Matthew Johns, 22, appeared successful tribunal via Zoom connected Saturday the time aft helium was arrested successful transportation with an alleged roadworthy rage incidental connected the 215 Beltway successful Las Vegas connected Friday. Johns was charged with unfastened murder, discharging a firearm from oregon wrong a operation oregon conveyance wrong a prohibited area, and discharging a firearm into an occupied structure. The Henderson Police Department said that Johns got into a verbal altercation with different driver, who was driving his 11-year-old stepson to schoolhouse on Friday morning.

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During a press conference connected Friday, Henderson Police Chief Reggie Rader said that astir 7:30 a.m. that day, 2 drivers connected the westbound 215 Beltway were "jockeying for positions, trying to walk each different connected the congested freeway." One of them tried to walk the different utilizing the shoulder, astatine which constituent the drivers "rolled down their windows and got into a verbal exchange."

Rader said that during the verbal altercation, Johns allegedly pulled retired his handgun and fired into the different driver's vehicle, hitting the 11-year-old lad who was sitting successful the backmost seat. The lad was the different driver's stepson. Neither the lad nor the different operator person been identified publicly.

After the alleged shooting, Rader said the different operator "rammed" into Johns' vehicle, "causing them some to travel to a halt successful the mediate of the freeway." The 2 men got retired of their vehicles and got into a "heated exchange." Rader said that a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department serviceman who was driving adjacent was "hailed down" and stopped. That serviceman placed Johns into custody.

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The lad was taken to the hospital, wherever helium died from his injuries.

At the property conference, Rader said, "I conscionable privation to punctual everybody that we mislaid a beingness contiguous that we didn't person to lose. An 11-year-old was connected his mode to schoolhouse and this senseless enactment took his life. I request everybody to beryllium diligent connected our roadways. We person an work to look retired for each other."

He added, "It is not worthy it to prosecute successful this benignant of behavior."

Johns was denied bail during his tribunal quality connected Saturday and remains successful custody. He is owed backmost successful tribunal connected Tuesday.