Newly unveiled footage shows the moment a passenger fired a gun as he leaned out a car window during a drive-by shooting that killed a 43-year-old mother on a Las Vegas street.
Kevin Perez-Stubbs, 16, allegedly shot and killed an innocent bystander and mother of one Shawna McCowan in April 2023 after she and her friend got caught in the gunfire.
She was walking with the friend and dogs on the same sidewalk as two teens who Perez-Stubbs was allegedly shooting toward when she was shot, police documents reportedly stated, according to KLAS.
Two teens had gotten into a fight earlier at an apartment complex close by before the shooting erupted on the street.
New grainy surveillance footage obtained by KLAS this week showed McCowan and her companion walking up the street on the night of April 23 before a car with its headlights off drove toward the camera and two people were seen fleeing down the street.
A passenger then fired a gun while hanging out the window as the vehicle went down the empty street, according to the footage.
McCowan, who split time between Colorado and Las Vegas, was hit in the back and neck after multiple rounds were fired, according to police docs the station reported on.
The teacher, who also worked as a flight attendant, was rushed to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead, leaving behind a husband and son.
“I just don’t think people understand the magnitude of their actions sometimes,” the victim’s sister Autumn McCowan told the station.
Four teenagers were charged with murder following the incident.
Mezarius Finch, 17, Johnathan Perez-Stubbs, 19, and his brother, Kevin Perez-Stubbs, 16, were arrested last year, with the youngest suspect the accused gunman, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
Earlier this year, Tyshean Tillman, 19, was arrested and charged with open murder with a deadly weapon and conspiracy to commit murder, the Las Vegas Metro Police Department said.
Tillman was the alleged driver while Jonathan Perez-Stubbs, and Finch were other passengers in the car, police have said.
Tillman, Finch and Johnathan Perez-Stubbs all took plea deals, though more information was not revealed because the records were sealed, KLAS reported.
Kevin Perez-Stubbs’s trial for murder and conspiracy to commit murder charges is reportedly set for June.
