Police rope off the scene of a shooting and multi-car accident on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas Thursday. Authorities say at least one person in a Range Rover shot at people in a Maserati that then crashed into a taxi cab. The taxi cab burst into flames, and the driver and passenger were killed. The male driver of the Maserati also died, and his passenger was shot.LAS VEGAS – Bullets were flying from a black Range Rover at a gray Maserati as the vehicles raced toward a red light on the Las Vegas Strip.
Beneath the neon lights, police say, the Maserati ran a red light at one of the Strip’s busiest intersections and smashed into a taxi that exploded into flames early Thursday, killing the two people inside.
Three more cars and a utility truck also collided at the crossroads home to Bellagio, Caesars Palace and Bally’s, injuring at least six more people as the Range Rover sped off in the pre-dawn darkness.
The Maserati driver was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The dramatic scene that more than one tourist compared to something out of a violent action movie set off a frantic search for the occupants of the Range Rover that continued into the night, and marked the latest violent episode on the Strip since the beginning of the year.