An Uber driver has died after being shot in the neck during a deadly road rage incident on the Vegas Strip.
The victim, believed to be a white man in his 50s, was found dead at the scene around 4 p.m. when police responded to a shooting report outside the Palazzo on the Las Vegas Strip.
When officers arrived, they discovered a gray Jeep Cherokee and the lifeless body of the driver lying in the road with serious neck injuries.
Police revealed that the Uber worker, who had two passengers in his vehicle, was involved in a traffic collision with the suspect that stretched for about a quarter of a mile prior to the shooting.
The victim drove behind the suspect’s vehicle and when both cars came to a stop, the victim exited his vehicle before approaching the driver’s side door and banging on the window.
According to police, this is when the suspect shot the Uber driver in the neck.
The victim also reportedly drew his own firearm, but collapsed before he could ever pull the trigger.
The attacker, who had been driving a silver Subaru WRX, fled before officers arrived, but they quickly identified the suspect’s license plate number.
An Uber driver was killed Monday after being shot in the neck in front of the Palazzo on the Las Vegas Strip
The victim, believed to be in his 50s, was involved in a road rage incident before dying
Las Vegas Boulevard was closed in both directions from Spring Mountain Road to Venetian Entrance on the day of the shooting
After tracking down the license plate number, police were able to trace the vehicle to a home in the area of Washington and Torrey Pines.
They then arrested a woman in her 20s without incident, police said, and she is now in custody.
Earlier Monday, the Southern Nevada Regional Transportation Commission warned motorists of “heavy construction delays” in the same area where the shooting later occurred.
At that time, southbound Las Vegas Boulevard was reduced to a single lane from Spring Mountain Road to Harmon Avenue.
LVMPD Homicide Lt. Jason Johansson emphasized patience as construction work took place.
“The biggest message I can convey is, look, there’s a lot of construction going on in the valley right now,” he said.
“We’re starting to see a slight increase in some of these shootings, a few homicides,” Johansson added.
“It wasn’t worth anyone’s life.”
Las Vegas Boulevard was closed in both directions from Spring Mountain Road to Venetian Entrance on the day of the shooting.
Sands Avenue was also closed in both directions between Las Vegas Boulevard and Koval Lane, and motorists were advised to use alternate routes.
As of Tuesday, both lanes on Las Vegas Boulevard will be open.
Monday’s incident was the first of two fatal shootings that day in the Central Valley, with the second happening nearly 45 minutes later, about a mile away, at the McDonald’s on Paradise Road.
A man was shot inside the fast food restaurant around 4:45 p.m. before being taken to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead.