Las Vegas man arrested for fatal hit-and-run after daughter calls police
The Las Vegas man accused of a deadly hit-and-run over the weekend refused to turn himself in until his daughter called the police, according to police documents.
On Sunday, June 21 shortly before 1 a.m., officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department were called to East Harmon Avenue west of Paradise Road after reports that a vehicle hit a pedestrian.
Callers told 911 that the victim was “not moving, was gasping for air, had no pulse,” and someone was giving the victim CPR, the report stated.
Witnesses told police that the victim was hit by a dark SUV with tinted windows. They also told police the vehicle left the scene.
Medical personnel arrived and took the victim, identified by police as Michael Price (AKA Renee Woods) to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. A doctor at that hospital pronounced the victim deceased.
Later that day, police asked the public for help identifying the vehicle from the crash.
Shortly before 3 p.m., metro officers were called to an apartment in the 3200 block of Key Largo Drive after a person called 911 because her mother and father were having a heated argument.
The argument was regarding the fact that the father, later identified as Rigoberto