LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The man accused of killing a person in a hit-and-run near the Welcome to Las Vegas sign on New Year’s Day is a 27-year veteran of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, according to documents 8 News Now obtained Monday.
On Thursday, Jan. 1, at around 1 a.m., the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department received several calls about a woman who was hit by a vehicle near the famous sign. Callers said the woman was lying in the roadway and did not appear to be awake, according to an arrest report.
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Medical personnel responded to the scene and took the woman, later identified as Lynessa Perkins, 43, to a hospital where she succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead. Perkins was visiting from Kansas, police said.
A witness to the hit-and-run said he was visiting the sign when he saw a vehicle hit Perkins, who was walking in the farthest left travel lane…