A coroner has identified the Uber driver who died in a road rage crash on the Las Vegas Strip

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – The Clark County Coroner’s Office has identified the man who was shot and killed Monday on the Las Vegas Strip as Michael Wilmot, 50, of Las Vegas. The cause of death was a gunshot wound to the torso.

Wilmot, an Uber driver who had two passengers in the vehicle, was shot in road rage after he exited his vehicle, approached another car and hit the driver’s side door window, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said.

An Uber driver was killed in a shooting on the Las Vegas Strip

The shooting took place on November 25 in front of the Palazzo in the Venetian resort. Police said Wilmot and the suspect, a 24-year-old woman who has not been publicly identified, were involved in a traffic accident.

Police said that after the shooting, the woman left the scene before officers arrived. Police identified the suspect’s license plate and found her at a home near Washington Avenue and Torrey Pines Drive, where she was taken into custody.

Metro said it has turned the investigation over to the Clark County District Attorney’s Office to review the self-defense issue.

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