'Road Rage' Las Vegas Mom Looked for Suspect Before Road Rage Killing

A Las Vegas woman who was shot to death in front of her home had gone out looking for the man who, minutes earlier, had confronted her in a road rage incident, police said Tuesday according to reports.

Tammy Meyers, 44, was shot by someone in a gray or silver 4-door sedan outside her home shortly at around 11:22 p.m., and died two days later.

That revelation contradicts the story from Meyers' family, who didn't tell police about Meyers' search for her eventual shooter, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Meyers was shot last Thursday night after taking her daughter out for a driving lesson. As they were heading home, a driver in a silver Sedan sped up behind their car.

When she got home, Meyers told her daughter to go into the house, wake up the girl's brother and have him get in the car. Meyers' son, 22, brought a registered firearm with him.

Meyers drove back out of the neighborhood to see if she could find the man, Steiber said.

"The vehicles and persons found each other," he said. "Through the course of them finding each other, at one point Mrs. Meyers was following what we consider a suspect vehicle and then at another point they broke apart and Mrs. Meyers went home.

Meyers was struck in the head by one bullet and was rushed to the hospital, where she died on Valentine's Day after being taken off life support.

The driver, described as a man in his 20s to 30, is about 6 feet tall with medium build. He wore a white V-neck T-shirt. He is still at large.

Meyers' husband spoke at a vigil for his wife on Tuesday. He said some of the facts in the case were starting to get twisted by the media.

"My son is not an animal. My son is a hero in my book," Robert Meyers said. "There were mistakes like everyone of us have made in our lives. But this particular mistake was made to keep a bigger mistake from happening. And my wife paid the ultimate price for it."

He said his wife "never did anything bad to anybody."