2 carjacking suspects in custody after crash in northeast Las Vegas
Two carjacking suspects are in custody after a police pursuit led to a crash Monday morning that snarled traffic in northeast Las Vegas, police said.
The string of incidents leading to the 9:50 a.m. crash at Lamb Boulevard and Cheyenne Avenue started the night prior when two people stole a vehicle from a motorist at gunpoint on the 2000 block of Stewart Avenue, according to Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Branden Clarkson.
“Today, the victim called in and said they were tracking the vehicle via GPS,” Clarkson said Monday morning.
A police helicopter observed the vehicle from the air using the tip and started trailing it, police said. The pair then stopped and stole a second vehicle at East Oakey Boulevard and Las Vegas Boulevard South.
“The suspects then got out of their vehicle and took another vehicle by force” in the area of Charleston Boulevard and Sacramento Drive, Clarkson said.
Police continued to track the third stolen vehicle, a small SUV, to the intersection of Lamb and Cheyenne. There, the SUV collided with an 18-wheeler, then slammed into a curb at the intersection.
Both suspects were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The intersection at Lamb and Cheyenne remained closed Monday afternoon. Police also said they closed three other intersections: Colton Avenue and Lamb, Cheyenne and Ables Lane, and Lamb at Cartier Avenue.
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