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Las Vegas man Erich Nowsch Jr. indicted for murder in shooting of mother of four

LAS VEGAS - A 19-year-old man has been indicted on murder and other charges in the shooting death of a mother of four in a neighborhood gunbattle.

The indictment filed Friday accuses defendant Erich Milton Nowsch Jr. of murder, attempted murder and firing a weapon from a vehicle.

The shooting was initially characterized as road rage but was later found to involve more complex relationships.

The indictment doesn't name a getaway driver in the Feb. 12 killing of 44-year-old Tammy Meyers.

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Erich Nowsch Jr. in his initial court appearance on Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, in Las Vegas, Nev. AP Photo/Isaac Brekken

Her Meyers' husband Robert Meyers says she took their daughter home after a late-night driving lesson and fetched her 22-year-old son with his gun to find a driver who frightened her earlier.

Police say the son fired several shots at Nowsch during the fatal shootout in a cul-de-sac outside the Meyers' home.

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