Man Shot His Mother Then Carjacked Bystanders, Killing Father of 7 in Las Vegas

Man Shot His Mother Then Carjacked Bystanders, Killing Father of 7 in Las Vegas
Karen Lopez and her husband, Jerry Lopez, are seen with their seven children in December 2023. Karen Lopez via AP
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LAS VEGAS—A man who authorities say fatally shot his mother two days after Christmas led police officers on a chase through the suburbs of Las Vegas and, along the way, stole a police vehicle and carjacked bystanders at gunpoint, shooting, and killing one of them.

The victim killed in what Las Vegas police say was the final carjacking was 39-year-old Jerry Lopez, a married father of seven children between the ages of 3 and 11.