Overview
- Las Vegas police say a man jumped into a black Hyundai Sonata that was left running and unlocked in a Walmart parking lot on West Charleston Boulevard with a passenger still inside.
- The stolen car hit a silver minivan, then struck a boulder and a pole, and the passenger later died at a hospital.
- The suspect, identified as 55-year-old Harold Allen, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on open murder with a deadly weapon, first-degree kidnapping, and grand larceny of a motor vehicle.
- LVMPD reports the driver had minor injuries, while the minivan’s occupants reported little to no injuries.
- Investigators say the victim, a man in his 30s, stayed in the car while a family member shopped, and neighbors in the area urged people to lock vehicles to deter similar opportunistic thefts.