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 Tammy Meyers, 44, died on Saturday night from a gunshot wound,
family members said at a press conference outside a hospital where
she was taken off life support two days after being shot.
The shooting late Thursday night was senseless, relatives said.
“There was no excuse, no reason and I hope to God they know we’re
looking and they will be caught,” a cousin, Susan Ramos, said at the
press conference also attended by Meyers’ husband and at least one
adult son.
Meyers was at the wheel after giving her daughter a driving lesson
at a school parking lot when she had a near-collision with another
vehicle, said the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in a news
release.
 There was a verbal confrontation between the two drivers, police
said. When Meyers and her daughter returned home, they summoned help
from a family member armed with a handgun, police said, after her
car was apparently followed. Police provided no other details.
When the other vehicle arrived at the residence, shots were fired,
and Meyers was struck, police said.
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Police posted a video on its department website of the suspect’s
vehicle driving down a street and also released a composite sketch
of the suspect, a white male about 25 years old. The vehicle may
have bullet damage, police said.
(Reporting by Kevin Murphy in Kansas City; Editing by Eric Walsh)
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