Las Vegas Man Charged in a Fatal Carjacking

Carjacking resulting in death is the federal charge. The man who was struck is dead. No jury has heard this case.

Las Vegas police were called about 11:33 a.m. Tuesday to South Glenn Davis Drive and Dennis Way, on the 4600 block of Glenn Davis Drive near Harmon Avenue and Nellis Boulevard. A man was in the road after a vehicle hit him. He was pronounced dead there.

Police say he had watched his vehicle being taken from the driveway, come outside, and stood in front of it to stop the theft. The vehicle sped up, struck him, and drove off. Detectives named Treyvon Taylor, 28, as the suspect. Patrol officers arrested him Friday. With help from the FBI, he was charged with carjacking resulting in death and booked into the Henderson Detention Center. Police said the man who died was in his late 40s or early 50s. The coroner has not released his name.

All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.