--- description: Police believe Erich Nowsch, 19, shot dead a mother of four title: Las Vegas Teen Arrested in Road Rage Killing image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Las Vegas Teen Arrested in Road Rage Killing by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 20, 2015 2:15 PM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 20, 2015 2:15 PM CUT A teenage suspect has been arrested in connection with [fatally shooting](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/las-vegas-mom-life-support-after-road-rage-shooting-n306301 "undefined") a mother of four after a road rage incident last week, police said Thursday. “It is believed right now he is the only shooter, but there is another suspect involved in the incident,” Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Capt. Christopher Tomaino said. Erich Nowsch, 19, was arrested early Thursday afternoon after a brief standoff at a home a block away from the scene of the Feb. 12 shooting. > [](https://twitter.com/LVMPD/status/568519923216957440) Police said Nowsch shot Tammy Meyers, 44, outside her home around 11:22 p.m. that night, and she died [two days later](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/las-vegas-mom-dies-after-road-rage-shooting-n306566 "undefined")… [Read more from our partners at _NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/erich-nowsch-arrested-las-vegas-road-rage-death-tammy-meyers-n309111?cid=par-time-article%5F20150220 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3716297/las-vegas-erich-nowsch-tammy-meyers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3716297/las-vegas-erich-nowsch-tammy-meyers/"},"headline":"Las Vegas Teen Arrested in Road Rage Killing","datePublished":"2015-02-20T14:15:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:34:29.992Z","description":"Police believe Erich Nowsch, 19, shot dead a mother of four","url":"https://time.com/3716297/las-vegas-erich-nowsch-tammy-meyers/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3716297/las-vegas-erich-nowsch-tammy-meyers/","name":"Las Vegas Teen Arrested in Road Rage Killing"}}]}] ```