LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Clark County District Court judge sentenced two young men Tuesday to decades in prison after they killed a retired police chief in a deadly crime spree.
Jesus Ayala, 20; and Jzamir Keys, 18, appeared to intentionally mow down two bicyclists in the northwest Las Vegas valley in August 2023. Retired California police chief Andreas “Andy” Probst, 64, died when Ayala and Keys intentionally collided with him. Another bicyclist, a man in his 70s, survived.
Both men were teenagers at the time of the crime spree. Cell phone video recorded by the teenagers themselves was a key piece of evidence in the murder case. Las Vegas Metro police identified Jesus Ayala, who was 17 at the time, as the driver who swerved into Probst. Jzamir Keys, who was 16 at the time, was the passenger who recorded the cell phone video, according to police.
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The now-viral video of the incident circulated within several Las Vegas high schools in the weeks after the murder, according to documents the NewsNation affiliate KLAS obtained. It was not until a student approached a school resource officer in late August 2023 that Metro police learned the act appeared intentional, documents said.
In October, Ayala and Keys both pleaded guilty to second-degree murder with use of a deadly weapon and battery with use of a deadly weapon, according to court records obtained by KLAS…