A chaotic Sunday evening at one of Las Vegas’s most popular shopping destinations left a trail of mangled bumpers, shattered composure, and one very arrested driver. Around 6 p.m. on Sunday, a suspected impaired driver tore through the Town Square shopping center, which sits just south of the Las Vegas Strip, slamming into parked car after parked car before attempting to flee the scene.
What could have been a much more catastrophic event was witnessed firsthand by bystanders who happened to be in the wrong place at the right time. Among them was Heather Morris, a musician who was outside the Guitar Center with her band, loading up drum equipment when the peace of the evening was shattered by what she described as a tremendous crash. The kind that stops everyone in their tracks.
Las Vegas Metro Police confirmed that the driver was eventually arrested on suspicion of impairment after the SUV came to a stop in a nearby parking lot. While Metro has not released the driver’s name or the specific charges being filed, the evidence left behind told quite a story on its own. The front bumper, grille, and even a front license plate were scattered at the scene like breadcrumbs leading straight back to the suspect…