LAS VEGAS — Police made an arrest Thursday in the mysterious road-rage killing of a Las Vegas mother, apprehending a teenage neighbor who had a history with the family before the shootout.
Erich Nowsch, 19, was arrested on suspicion of murder after SWAT teams surrounded his home a block away from the residence of Tammy Meyers, the woman killed.
Authorities believe Nowsch was the gunman in the attack, Las Vegas police Capt. Chris Tomaino said. He has not been charged formally.
Nowsch was led into a car by an officer and taken to police headquarters for questioning. Police are looking for one additional suspect.
“We still have a lot of investigative work to do,” Tomaino said.
Tammy Meyers, 44, knew Nowsch and became a mentor of sorts, giving him money and food and urging him to dress properly, her husband said.
“We know this boy,” Robert Meyers said. “I couldn’t tell you this before. He knew where I lived. We knew how bad he was, but we didn’t know he was this bad.”
The case has received significant attention as police initially said Meyers was killed by an angry driver who followed her home after she gave her teenage daughter a driving lesson.
As police hunted for a suspect, donations for funeral costs quickly poured in. Sympathy morphed into skepticism after police revealed that Meyers was not followed home, and instead dropped her daughter off and picked up her 22-year-old son, armed with his 9 mm handgun, to try to confront the driver who had frightened her earlier.
They went looking for the driver, followed the vehicle and eventually went home. The silver car then showed up outside the Meyers’ home and a shootout occurred. The mother was shot in the head outside the home.
