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Teenager shot in head in apparent act of road rage

Updated Tuesday, July 17, 2012 | 11:26 p.m.

Scott Michael Eakens

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A confrontation between two drivers led to a teenage male being shot in the head Tuesday afternoon east of McCarran International Airport, Metro Police said.

Police said the apparent case of road rage began with a minor accident between a man in his 30s driving a Jeep and a teenager driving a pickup truck at the intersection of Sunset Road and McLeod Drive.

After the initial conflict, the driver of the pickup fled the scene before it was resolved and parked in a business complex in the 6200 block of McLeod Drive, which is near Patrick Lane, police said. The Jeep followed and blocked the truck, police said.

The truck driver responded by ramming his vehicle into the Jeep, police said. That’s when authorities said the driver of the Jeep — identified as 34-year-old Scott Michael Eakens — pulled a gun and shot multiple rounds at the rear window of the pickup truck. One round struck the 17-year-old driver of the pickup in the head, police said.

The victim was alert and talking when emergency crews transported him to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, police said. He suffered injuries not considered life-threatening.

Eakens approached officers on scene and admitted he was the shooter, police said. Officers arrested Eakens on a count of attempted murder, police said.

Eakens remains in the Clark County Detention Center without bail.

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