Shocking new dashcam footage shows the moment two teenage boys mowed down a cyclist – just hours before the murder of a retired police chief.
Jesus Ayala, 18, and Jzamir Keys, 16, are suspected of intentionally hitting Andreas Probst, 64, while he was biking in Las Vegas at 6 a.m. on August 14.
Ayala was arrested the same day, accused of being the driver behind the wheel of the 2016 Hyundai Elantra that struck the former top cop.
A new video released by a local court on Monday reportedly shows the teens laughing and deliberately hitting a 72-year-old man earlier that day.
The victim suffered a knee injury from the crash but survived, police said Las Vegas Review-You
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Separate surveillance footage showed what is believed to be the suspects trying to flee police by running through a parking lot.
Jesus Ayala (pictured left), 18, and Jzamir Keys (pictured right), 16, are suspected of deliberately hitting Andreas Probst, 64, as he drove along an empty highway in northwest Texas around 6 a.m. in August. cycled the city. 14
New dashcam video shows the two teenage boys were believed to be behind the sickening murder case that saw a retired police chief mow down a cyclist just hours earlier
Separate surveillance footage, also released Monday, showed what is believed to be the suspects trying to flee police by running through a parking lot
The footage showed the man, believed to be Ayala, wearing a black mask and a blue hat with the University of North Carolina logo.
He has a tattoo with the same symbol on his cheek. Police had previously said they also tied the teens to at least three hit-and-run incidents the same day.
They believe the killing of Probst, a former police chief in Bell, California, ended the wave.
Ayala, 18, was arrested hours after he allegedly drove into Probst and told officers he wouldn’t be locked up for long.
“Do you think this young person (expletive) is going to do something (expletive)? I’ll be out in thirty days, I bet,” Ayala told Las Vegas police.
He added, “It’s just ah, (expletive) ah, hit-and-run – slap on the wrist,” despite police not telling him about the accident, according to KLAS.
His comments were captured on police body cameras released Monday. Police had only arrested him for a warrant and obstructing a police officer, but later discovered the sickening images on his phone.
They also found a second video of a Kia Soul crashing into another cyclist, with the footage apparently recorded by Ayala, who appeared to be the car’s passenger.
Police had previously said they also tied the teens to at least three hit-and-run incidents the same day. They believe the killing of Probst, a former police chief in Bell, California, ended the wave
A new video released Monday by a local court shows them laughing and deliberately punching a 72-year-old man earlier that day as one of them laughed and “punched him!”
Jesus Ayala, 18, was arrested hours after he allegedly drove into Andreas Probst, 64, and told officers he wouldn’t be locked up for long.
Alaya showed no remorse for the alleged murder of Andy Probst (pictured) after he was taken into custody, and has now been charged with 18 charges, including murder
Alaya showed no remorse for the alleged murder after being taken into custody, and has now been charged with 18 charges, including murder.
His passenger, Keys, is accused of filming the sick footage of the attack and teasing the retired officer as he collided with him.
Keys was arrested and appeared with his co-defendants for their arraignment in Las Vegas court in late September, wearing navy blue uniforms from the Clark County Detention Center.
Ayala, who has a large tattoo on his right cheek, said nothing during the hearing.
His mother said she “doesn’t know” whether her son – who was 17 at the time – can be forgiven for his alleged crimes.
She previously told 8 News Now: “I don’t know why he did this. I don’t know if God can forgive this.’
The passenger, Jzamir Keys, 16, is accused of filming the sick footage of the attack, which saw the retired officer teased as they collided with him.
The teen is accused of deliberately striking Probst with the stolen Hyundai Elantra as he rode his bicycle along an empty highway in the city’s northwest around 6 a.m. on August 14.
Keys’ mother promised that his “side of the story” will be told, labeling it “the truth,” rather than the “inaccuracies the media will try to portray.”
During an earlier court hearing, two of Keys’ family members were crying, and one of Ayala’s female relatives was also present.
She shielded her face and held back tears as she walked past reporters outside the courtroom, according to the Journal.
Ayala has a long criminal history in child welfare, according to 8 News Now, while Keys was placed in child protective services at the age of eight.
Keys’ mother was charged with five counts of child abuse in 2016 after police found her five children – aged between two and nine – home alone with no access to food, a knife left on the kitchen counter and the house in poor condition, according to reports the police. the canal.
Probst, 64, was fatally struck on August 14 while cycling in northwest Las Vegas. Footage filmed by the passenger shows he was deliberately killed by the teenage driver
Keys, who was detained after a police appeal for information, is believed to be the passenger who instigated the attack and filmed a sick video
At a news conference, Taylor Probst described her father – known to loved ones as “Andy” – as a man of honor and integrity who spent more than 35 years in law enforcement.
Graphic video shows a dashboard view from the front seat of a vehicle approaching Probst from behind as he drove along the curb on an otherwise traffic-free road.
Laughter and commentary are heard from inside the car before Probst, wearing a red shirt and dark shorts, was punched and thrown against the windshield.
A final image of the moving car shows the retired top cop on the ground next to the curb.
Deputy Police Chief Nick Farese called the “intentional” collision in a stolen vehicle and the sick video “an act of cowardice that has personally shocked me in my 22 years in law enforcement.”
At a news conference, Taylor Probst described her father – known to loved ones as “Andy” – as a man of honor and integrity who spent more than 35 years in law enforcement.
“We are devastated by Andy’s senseless murder,” she said. “Andy’s life was taken by two individuals who did not believe the lives of others mattered.”
Probst urged prosecutors to “bring these crimes to the fullest extent of the law.”