Andreas Probst, the former chief of the Bell, California, police department, died after he was hit by a car while biking on Aug. 14 in Las Vegas.
Henderson Police Dept.Las Vegas prosecutors are seeking to charge the teen driver accused of killing a retired police chief on a bike in a hit-and-run last month, as an adult.
At first, the teenager, found in a stolen 2016 Hyundai, was charged in connection with the hit and run. Open murder charges were added later after police found social media video of the collision, which led them to determine the crash wasClark County District Attorney's Office"One of the perpetrators, a juvenile, is currently in custody and being held pursuant to charges that have been filed in the juvenile system. Additional charges may be forthcoming," the statement said.
"I am confident that justice will be served in this matter once the investigation is complete and the appropriate charges have been filed,” Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said. The clip, taken from the phone of a passenger in the vehicle, shows the car speeding and approaching a bicyclist in a red shirt cycling on the right side of the road.
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