Driver who killed Las Vegas police officer was in country illegally
Alcohol, marijuana found in and around car of driver who killed LVMPD Officer Colton Pulsipher
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The wrong-way driver who killed a Las Vegas Metro police officer on Interstate 15 was in the country illegally, federal officials said Monday.
Fernando Jimenez, 31, died when he collided with LVMPD Officer Colton Pulsipher, 29, on Dec. 12. Jimenez was driving a truck the wrong way in the northbound lanes near the Valley of Fire.
Jimenez applied for citizenship in 2020, but in 2021, an immigration judge in Texas ordered Jimenez removed from the country, an ICE spokesperson said. Jimenez entered the country illegally twice in 2019. Both times, ICE returned him to Mexico.