Guilty pleas in "road rage" murder of Las Vegas mom

LAS VEGAS --The two suspects in the February 2015 fatal shooting of a Las Vegas mother of four in a residential cul-de-sac have pleaded guilty, reports CBS affiliate KLAS.

Erich Nowsch, 20, entered a guilty plea for second-degree murder with a deadly weapon, attempted murder with a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm from a vehicle in court Friday. Derrick Andrews, accused of driving a getaway car, entered a guilty plea to one count of voluntary manslaughter and one count of accessory to commit murder.

Erich Milton Nowsch Jr., 19, is taken into custody in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Thursday Feb. 19, 2015. Las Vegas Metro Police Department

In court Friday, Nowsch and Andrews had to verbally admit that they were responsible for the death of 44-year-old Tammy Meyers. Both had previously pleaded not guilty in the case.

Immediately after the shooting, police characterized it as road rage after Meyers' family claimed she and her 15-year-old daughter were followed home after a car crash and confrontation. Police later said there was no crash and that Meyers went home after the initial confrontation, picked up her adult son -- who was armed -- and went looking for the person involved in the confrontation. This resulted in an alleged shootout between Meyers' son and Nowsch.

Tammy Meyers died at a hospital two days later, on Valentine's Day.

Police have said the woman and her killer knew each other prior to the shooting and that they lived in the same neighborhood.

Nowsch reportedly faces a sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole after 10 years. Andrews faces 15 years and a possible fine of more than $10,000.

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