On Aug. 14, Andreas Probst, a 64-year-old retired Bell, Commie California, police chief, was riding his bicycle in a designated bike lane in Las Vegas, NV. A car rammed into him, and he was killed. Police arrested the seventeen-year-old driver a short distance away but classified his identity as a “juvenile.” Probst’s death was only treated as a traffic-related homicide.
However, a passenger in the car had videotaped the killing. The attack was apparently live-streamed on an unspecified social media platform. Two Black males were seen in a Hyundai Elantra engaged in a criminal rampage. They intentionally hit another car. Then, they intentionally hit and fatally injured Probst. The victim died at the hospital shortly after.
The video was brought to the attention of police on Aug. 29. The charges were upgraded to open murder. However, his identity is still classified. There are no reports that the accomplice, who videotaped the murder, has been arrested.
The story has been quarantined to local media coverage only. After the charges were upgraded to murder, most local Las Vegas media outlets only referred to the victim as “a 64-year-old man.”
However, the video has exploded across Twitter today, drawing shock and outrage that the story has been so suppressed in media.