Las Vegas Sun

April 18, 2024

Henderson man arrested in 50-year-old woman’s hit-and-run death

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Eric Scott Leppard

Henderson police have arrested a man wanted in a hit-and-run crash that killed a woman Wednesday.

According to police:

Eric Scott Leppard, 24, of Henderson is accused of driving a stolen car and killing a 50-year-old pedestrian about 11 p.m. on Boulder Highway, near Warm Springs Road.

The woman was not on a crosswalk. Leppard was in a 2003 Mercedes-Benz that was found several hours later, and he turned himself in to police this afternoon.

He was booked into the Henderson Detention Center and faces counts of felony hit-and-run, reckless driving with death and failure to render aid.

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