Posted on: December 4, 2024, 09:01h.
Last updated on: December 4, 2024, 09:01h.
The woman accused of shooting and killing an Uber driver on the Las Vegas Strip last month following a road rage incident, previously threatened someone with a gun at a restaurant, news reports revealed.
In May, the 24-year-old female allegedly grabbed and threatened another woman. during a dispute at a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant parking lot, Las Vegas TV station KLAS reported this week.
The 24-year-old unnamed suspect had been told in the restaurant by an employee she would have to wait for a table, after cutting in line took place. The woman responded, “Oh you mean for this [expletive]?”
Victim Was Grabbed, Threatened
The 24-year-old then followed a woman, who also had been in line, into the lot, grabbed her, pulled out a firearm, and told her, “Yeah, try something now,” the report added.
The 24-year-old then allegedly “parked directly behind [the victim], which prevent[ed] [her] from exiting the parking lot,” KLAS reported, quoting police documents.
The suspect exited her vehicle, walked over to the victim’s vehicle, and kicked the rear passenger quarter panel, “causing a significant dent,” police said.
The 24-year-old also attempted to get the victim to step out of her vehicle so they could fight, police added.
Later, the 24-year-old was arrested for the May confrontation, KLAS reported, charged with battery and drawing a deadly weapon.
Taxi Driver Reports Speeding, Collision
Months later, on November 25, the same suspect allegedly was driving recklessly on the Las Vegas Strip before a later road rage incident which led to the shooting of the Uber driver, according to KLAS.
At 3:40 p.m., some 20 minutes prior to the shooting, a taxi driver reported to police that someone was driving recklessly on Las Vegas Boulevard. She was weaving in and out of traffic and speeding near the Bellagio Hotel & Casino, the taxi driver claimed.
He hit another cab, and I pulled down my window to tell him to ‘calm down,’ because I know he was trying to come for me too,” the taxi driver revealed.”
Even though the taxi driver said the other driver was a male, LVMPD said the description of the vehicle, a silver Subaru WRX, matched the one the woman was driving at fatal shooting.
After striking the taxi, the woman continued to drive in a construction area, police said. At the time, some lanes on Las Vegas Boulevard also were closed or blocked because of the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
About a mile away, the road rage incident took place. The two drivers stopped about a quarter of a mile down the road in front of the Palazzo at The Venetian Resort.
The Uber driver walked over to her vehicle and knocked on the window. She then shot him, police said.
He too was armed, but collapsed on Las Vegas Boulevard from the wound before he could aim his firearm.
The Uber driver was identified as Michael Wilmot, 50. He died from the wound.
A short time later, a passenger in Wilmot’s vehicle revealed in a 911 call, “It was a road rage thing. They shot him and drove off.”
Reckless Operation on I-95
In addition, still another driver alerted police a half hour after the shooting that a motorist had come close to striking her vehicle on U.S. 95.
There was a car that almost hit me, and it was swerving in between cars. Like literally cutting cars off,” the woman told the dispatcher.
The description of that vehicle was similar to the one involved in the prior road rage incident and deadly shooting on the Strip, police revealed. LVMPD had released the description shortly after the shooting.
After getting the license plate number of Subaru, the alleged shooter was located by cops at her Las Vegas residence near Washington Avenue and Torrey Pines Drive.
The 24-year-old woman was questioned by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) for the November 25 shooting. So far, she wasn’t arrested for that incident.
The case is being reviewed by the Clark County District Attorney’s office to see if it was an act of self-defense, according to news reports.
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