Man who ran over man accused of attempted murder

A man is facing charges of attempted murder after running over another man last month on Las Vegas Boulevard, leaving the victim brain-dead, according to Las Vegas police.

Anthony Jackson, 43, was arrested Friday, two weeks after Jackson ran over the man twice after seeing him walking with Jackson’s girlfriend outside the Tahiti Village Resort at 7230 Las Vegas Blvd. South, according to a Metropolitan Police Department arrest report.

Police were called to the Manor Suites and Tahiti Village parking lot around 5:50 a.m. on July 21 after a woman reported that she had seen a man drive over another man in his GMC sport vehicle, police said.

Investigators reviewed security footage from the parking lot and saw the victim walking with a female with her hair dyed pink. The woman backed up as the victim continued walking forward, when he was hit by the GMC, the report states. Jackson then backed over the victim again and, before driving off, slowed the vehicle to yell at the woman, it states.

The victim had “external injuries to his head and face and extensive internal head trauma.” On July 23, he was declared brain-dead.

Investigators searching Jackson’s room at Tahiti Village found pink hair in the bathtub, indicating that the woman had been staying there. Jackson’s wife also called police July 21andsaidherestrangedhusband’s girlfriend had texted her to say that Jackson “hit someone and took off,” the arrest report states.

Jackson is facing charges of attempted murder with a deadly weapon and battery with a dead ly weapon. He was being held on $150,000 bail until his preliminary hearing Aug. 26.

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