robert meyers who is obviously distraught. mr. meyers -- >> are you happy? my wife looked like an animal and my son. there's the animal a block away. are you happy? >> obviously very angry what has been happening, what people have been saying about the meyers family blaming them for this tragedy and they have said over and over again that look you know she was scared she was angry, she went out because she wanted to protect her daughter and emotions obviously spilling over. a very very tense scene here. he clearly believes that this person may have something to do with the incident that left his wife dead but police have not confirmed that in any way, same or form. i want to make that clear, but you heard him there, essex treatmently emotional, as anyone would be when they lose the love of their life his wife of four children. brooke. >> let me just remind our viewers all this obviously playing out in realtime. sara sidner is there in this las vegas neighborhood just a block away lives the meyers family. they just lost this wife this mother who was shot and

according to robert meyers his wife and son locate the suspect near a school. they're shot at and rushed back home but they're followed. the suspect opened fires again. this time hitting tammy meyers in the head. >> mommy knew who this was. she didn't want it to come back here. she tried to get him to go somewhere else. she was afraid. >> reporter: a police report shows the friends it was one of the meyers who pointed the gun threatening the suspect first during the second encounter. >> sarah you had a chance to speak to robert meyers today, the husband of tammy. what did he tell you about how all this happened? >> reporter: it's interesting. auz all these details tumbling out. he was very emotional, tears welling up. he was distraught and shaking. he himself, had walked just around the block, went to the suspect's house before police ever made an arrest and knocked on the door and he said look his family his children pulled him back saying let the police handle it. he did. he was trying to make the point that his family his children are not vigilantes as some p

robert meyers did admit to going over to the suspect's house the day before he was arrested but saysnor his son threatened anyone. defense attorney conrad claus said his client did get death threats and says the story in the police report doesn't add up. >> what i'm saying is for one oo reas reason or another, according to brandon meyers, tammy asked brandon to forego calling the police and to go out with her to look for somebody, somebody that we now know they knew was erich nowsch. we know that later after the police were questioning brandon as to why they went out looking for erich, that the reason th that -- after the fact, the story they're providing, because of this fake road rage situation. there will come a time when we are going to be a bit better prepared to present an evidence-based version of these events. >> reporter: sara sidner, cnn, las vegas. >> so his client, the guy he's talking about, mr. nowsch, is charged with murder and attempted murder and assault and firing a gun from a car. tammy meyers was killed on february 12th. we'll keep you updated when more details co

>> after nowsch's arrest robert meyers spoke out that his wife knew the suspect from a local park and tried to help him. >> my wife spent countless hours at the park consoling this boy. he is probably watching this right now and he has to feel bad because she was really good to him. she fed him. she gave him money. she told him to pull his pants up and to be a man. >> las vegas police looking for a second suspect, but they believe nowsch was the killer. >>> fox news host bill o'reilly is defending himself from what he calls his brian williams problem. mother jones is saying he is less than honest for the reporting in the falklands islands war. o'reilly never was on the falklands islands during the war. mother jones edited together the evidence and posted it on youtube. o'reilly calls the article a lie. o'reilly never said he was actually in the falklands. >>> health officials say improperly cleaned medical scopes inserted down the throat is infecting patients with a deadly bacteria. several people two who died, were infected with the deadly superbug cre. >>> the federal advisory board

meyers husband, robert emotional in the standoff.hed out at the media for blaming his wife and son for for escalating the confrontation. >> there's the animal! a block away! are you happy! >> after nowsch's arrest robert meyers spoke out revealing his wife knew the suspect from a local park and tried to help him. >> my wife spent countless hours at the park consoling this boy. he is probably watching this and he has to feel bad. she was really good to him. she fed him. she gave him money. she told him to pull his pants up and be a man. >> las vegas police looking for a second suspect, but they believe nowsch was the shooter. >>> fox news host bill o'reilly is defend fending himself for what he is calling his brian williams problem. mother jones calling his reporting in the 1982 falklands war as false. o'reilly says he covered the conflict and he never said he went to the falklands. o'reilly said he covered stories in argentina. mother jones posted evidence on its web site. he never said he was actually in the falklands. >>> the fda w

mother arrived on scene. >> turn your [ bleep ] phone off. >> reporter: then the victim's husband, robert meyers ang grer and grief boiling over. >> the animal and my son. there's the animal a block away! are you happy? >> reporter: meyers insists his wife was never an aggressor. while police previously suggested that tammy meyers went home dropped off her daughter and picked up her 22-year-old son who was armed seeking to confront a reckless driver. meyers argues his wife was afraid and instead fled the home trying to hide her car from a known assailant but she came upon the driver again and shots were exchanged. >> the suspect involved in the killing of mrs. meyers is in custody and off the streets of las vegas. >> reporter: as the investigation continues, the meyers family mourns the loss of a loving wife mother and grandmother who they say once tried to help this troubled young man. >> he's probably watching this right now and i know he's got to feel bad because she was really good to him. >> reporter: erich nowsch faces charges of murder attempted murder and illegal discharge of a firearm i

he had gotten to this point. >> reporter: you can still feel the emotion in robert meyers' voice therees shows what a tragedy this is. not for one but for two families shep. >> any other suspects here or is this it? >> reporter: police say they are looking for anotherb( suspect, possible accomplice of eric nosh, and they expect in fact to make an arrest within the next couple of days. they do also say though, shep, that eric nosh they believe was the shooter in this case. what we're not clear on of course again, is the exact sequence of events. they have said that tammy meyers after the initial clash on the road went back, found her 22-year-old son, brandon who shoe knew had a gun, and they went looking for eric nosh. they went black to the meyers home and that's when eric nosh showed up and a gunfight happened. what we do not know for sure, shep is who shot first and who could claim that they were shooting in self-defense. obviously we will, we assume get all the facts in this case as the legal process plays out. that will begin with eric nos h's first court appearance on monday morni

. >> reporter: husband and father robert meyers is still blaming himself for being away when it all happened. the meyers family is also struggling with the backlash from some in the public and media who called his son, brandon meyers a vigilante. >> i have people threatening to kill my son because of the things you guys have said. >> reporter: there are now two different versions of events emerging. the family says after the first confrontation on the road, tammy tammy meyers picked up her son and they found the suspects and one fired at them but a newly released police report. one of the suspect's friends telling it was one of the meyers who brannish ishbrandished a gun at the suspects before anyone fired. ultimately suspect erich nowsch did go to tammy meyers home and killed her. nowsch fired 22 times outside the home. and in another twist, police were unaware that the family knew the suspect until the day of the arrest. >> we did not know that. >> reporter: robert meyers said he suspected that erich nowsch had something to do with it. >> he hung around with the wrong people. i'll tell you

. >> reporter: husband and father robert meyers embraces family members near the driveway where his wife was murdered. the traveling businessman still in shock over his wife's death still blaming himself for being away when it all happened. the meyers family is also struggling with the backlash from some in the public and media who have call his son brandon meyer, a vigilante for being armed and going out with his mother to find the road rage suspects. >> every day you guys go i've got people threatening to kill my son because of things you guys have said. >> reporter: but there are now two different versions of events emerging. the family says after the first confrontation on the road tammy meyers picked up her son who has a consented weapons permit and routinely carries his gun with him. they found the road rage suspect in the neighborhood and the meyers family tells us one of the suspects fired at them. but a newly released police report tells a slightly different story. one of the suspect's friends telling police it was one of the meyers who brandished the gun first at the suspect's

. >> when eric walked into the courtroom, robert meyers was right there to look into the eyes of the fe and mother of four. >> i'll be here every date. >> reporter: he said a lot about the day tammy meyers was killed. built as a road rage incident. it turned out the victim and suspect knew one another. a fact the family knew but police say only found out the day of the arrest. robert meyers telling cnn he didn't think it was worth mentioning to police because they did not suspect he was directly involved until the day he was arrested. for the first time we hear the details of the shooting suspect's side of the story. his attorney sat down with us. was this a case of road rage? >> we can say with some confidence there was no road rage. >> can you tell me anything about what he's saying happened? >> what we know is that a story kept changing that it was an illogical story. there's a sequence of illogical and untruthful stories that come out one after the other, that just lead you to the inescapable conclusion that you cannot depend upon what the meyers family is saying occurred that nig

nancy grace spoke to robert meyers minutes before the suspect was arrested. >> the father couldn't get through more than two or three sentences without crying. and raising his voice. very agitated. talking about his son and his wife being treated like dogs like an mays. >> the real takeaway here is that the suspect involved in the killing of mrs. meyers is in custody and off the streets of las vegas. >> they knew -- mommy knew who this was one of these people. she just didn't want it to come back here. she tried to get them to go somewhere else. because she was afraid. >> reporter: even though in custody he is not the only person police are looking for. >> we still have at least one more suspect to locate. >> is this because you have enough probable cause to arrest somebody, that's only -- you've only gotten partway down the road. what the police have to do is go back and really verify what exactly did happen that night? >> reporter: answers to those questions will not make the pain the meyers family feels go away. >> my son is a good boy. and his mom was a good mommy. >> reporter: for

>> reporter: bursting with pain and grief, robert meyers was there as police made the arrest thursdayn. meyers says his wife knew her alleged shooter and had tried to help the 19-year-old accused of taking her life. >> she spent countless hours consoling this boy. i know he's got to feel bad because she was really good to him. >> reporter: from a smiling high schooler to a young man flaunting drugs and money on social ya media, eric is now behind bars charged with murder and attempted murder. detectives say he confided in two friends that he was involved in the shooting and even showed them the web, a .45 caliber handgun. it happened shortly after an apparent road rage incident a week earlier when tammy meyers was headed back from a driving lesson with her daughter. police say she came home dropped off her daughter and picked up her 22-year-old son that was armed. meyers husband argues his wife was afraid and fled this house trying to hide the car from her known assailant. instead, she came upon the driver and shots were fired. >> it's skiepd of scary. that thing could happen to every

robert meyers telling cnn he didn't think it was worth mentioning to police because they did not suspectdirectly involved until the day he was arrested. now for the first time we hear few details of the suspect's side of the story. his attorney sat down with us. was this a case of road rage? >> we can say with some confidence there was no road rage. >> reporter: can you tell me anything about what he's saying happened? >> what we know is that a story kept changing that it was an illogical story. there's a sequence of illogical and untruthful stories that come out one after the other that just lead you to the inescapable conclusion that you cannot depend upon what the meyers family is saying occurred that night. >> reporter: the meyers family says it is the defendant who is lying, not them. police are still investigating the case. the prosecution says this is not a simple case, but a case of murder nonetheless. >> you know i don't want to get into the specifics because it would take me about 30 minutes. it is not a straightforward case. it is not a garden-variety run of the mill case. we

>> reporter: bursting with pain and grief, robert meyers was there as police made the arrest thursdaydding to his heartbreak meyers says his wife knew her alleged shooter and had tried to help the 19-year-old accused of taking her life. >> my wife spent countless hours at that park consoling this boy and he's probably watching this right now and i know he's got to feel bad because she was really good to him. >> reporter: from a smiling high schooler to a young man flaunting drugs and money on social media, he is now behind bars charged with murder and attempted murder. according to the arrest report detectives say he confided in two friends that he was involved in the shooting and even showed them the weapon a .45 caliber hand gun. the deadly shooting happened shortly after an apparent road rage incident a week earlier when tammy meyers was headed back from a driving lesson with her daughter. police say meyers came home dropped off her daughter and picked up her 22-year-old son who was armed. police believe they left seeking to confront a reckless driver but meyers' husband argues his

>> reporter: anger and sorrow bursting from robert meyers a husband and father clearly distraught asice are closing in on the man accused of shooting and killing his wife. the police standoff is just one block away from where the shootings occurred. neighbors describe what happened when police came looking for the suspect. >> they were going over to the speaker, telling him he needed to come out with his hands in the air, at least come to the window let us know you're okay. we don't want to hurt you. we just want to talk to you. we just want to discuss this with you. we know you're a kid. we know you're young but we want to talk to you. >> reporter: the suspect's mother arrived at the scene afraid for her son's safety in no mood to talk. >> please turn your [ bleep ] phone off. >> reporter: moments later, the suspect, eric milton noush, led away in handcuffs. booked on three felonies including the murder of tammy myers. >> suspect has been taken into custody a few minutes ago, pursuant to the road rage homicide that occurred. >> reporter: but in another twist, late in the day, tammy

robert meyers' husband of the victim was also in the courtroom. a preliminary hearing is set for march 10th, at which point we could know more about each side's version of what happened. a short time ago i spoke with one of erich nowsch's defense attorneys. is there a lot to this story that we haven't heard yet? it seems like the facts that are out there, they keep changing and a lot don't seem to be adding up in terms of explaining what really happened. >> well the funny thing is that if you apply another motive potentially to these stories and to these changing stories, it makes a lot more sense. while we're not willing to do that right now, the changing stories are only confusing if you're looking at it as a road rage situation. if you're looking at it as it was initially presented. >> you don't believe there was an initial road rage incident? >> no i don't believe there's an initial road rage incident. i can give you five or six or more points that logically point to the fact that it wasn't there. >> sure. >> well first off, the road rage was

fast enough by the way, for robert meyers as we saw earlier to walk from his house in two minutes and end up at the other house where police were having a standoff at the time he was visibly shaken he was talking about somebody killing his wife he was seriously, seriously teared up and talking to police and very angry as well as sad. it was really hard to watch this person who just lost the love of his life and the mother of his four children find out that it turns out it was someone who was right next door, right one street over that is involved in this homicide. i want to clear something up as well. we do now know from a detective who just talked to us two minutes ago that the suspect they have been after and the suspect is considered involved with this homicide this road rage incident that suspect is in custody now. we do now know that. they have taken him into custody. there was -- no one was hurt. he has been taken in. we heard from a neighbor that police were here a couple of days ago and that she saw police at the same house a couple of days ago. we also know jake that the moth

. >> reporter: robert meyers stood before a crowd of reporters to explain the relationship between hiswife and 19-year-old erich nowsch after it was revealed this was not a random case of road rage and his wife knew the man suspected of killing her. >> my wife spent countless hours at that park consoling that boy and he's probably watching this right now and i know he's got to feel bad because she was really good to him. she fed him, she gave him money, she told him to pull his pants up and to be a man. >> reporter: a friend of nowsch who lives in the neighborhood said there was something else connecting meyers and the murder suspect. >> mrs. meyers used to come to the park and like try to purchase things off him. i don't know what she was purchasing but i knew she would talk to him previously. i mean that's what i just heard around but i didn't know for a fact that they knew each other. >> she purchased things off of him like bud, like what? >> she smoked weed so and right here in this park area is weed being sold everyday all the time. >> reporter: five neighbors we talked to said wh

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>> reporter: meyers husband robert also lashed out at reporters on the scene. the deadly encounter happened last thursday night when meyers was giving her daughter crystal a driving lesson. suspect apparently became angered when crystal honked the car horn at him. after a confrontation, police say tammy meyers took her daughter home. then drove off with her 22-year-old son brandon who was armed with a gun. her family says they were trying to draw the suspect away from their house. >> she was protecting me. that's all she was doing. >> reporter: when they returned a shoot-out erupted and tammy meyers, 44, was struck in the head. >> i did what i had to do to protect my family. everyone can think what they have to think. i did it for a reason. >> reporter: nowsch's social media account is filled with images of marijuana. robert meyers said his wife spent many hours trying to help nowsch. >> really good to him. fed him. gave him money. told him to pull his papts up and be a man. >> meyers died two days after the shooting when her family took her off life support. fo

robert meyers showed up and made his feeling very clear. >> there is an animal a block away. >> reporter: mr. meyers said his wife had been something of a mentor to erich nowsch and he said they sales tried to help that young man. >> he knew where i lived. we knew how bad he was but we didn't know he was this bad that he had gotten to this point. >> reporter: mr. meyers said his wife fed erich nowsch and gave him money. he also said she told him to pull his pants up and quote be a man. make of that what you will, heather. heather: it's still not entirely clear what led up to the shooting? >> reporter: initially we were told that there had been an accident involving tammy meyers and erich nowsch as mrs. meyers was giving her daughter a driving lesson and fake now shall followed her back to her home and shot her as she got out of a car. now police from saying there was some kind of incident between the two. but then mrs. meyers went home, got her 22-year-old son brandon whom she knew possessed a gun and they went looking for erich nowsch. they followed him for a while they seem

then the victim's husband, robert meyers anger and grief boiling over. >> you treated my wife like an animal my son. there's the animal a block away. are you happy? >> meyers insists his wife was never an aggressor, while police previously suggested that tammy meyers went home dropped off her daughter and picked up her 22-year-old son who was armed, seeking to confront a reckless dryer. meyers argues his wife was afraid and instead fled the home trying to hide her car from the known assailant. but she came upon the driver again and shots were exchanged. >> the suspect involved in the killing of mrs. meyers is in custody and off the streets of las vegas. >> as the investigation continues, the meyers' family mourns the loss of a loving wife mother and grandmother. who they say once tried to help this troubled young man. >> he's probably watching this right now and i know he's got to feel bad. because she was really good to him. >> now nowsch faces charges of murder attempted murder and dischargeing in a prohibited area. he's said to have his first court appearance on monday. john? >> th

. >> well robert meyers the victim's husband, says his wife spent quite a bit of time at a nearby parkoney, advice and says that makes this incident the shooting that much more shocking and heartbreaking. police are still investigating exactly what happened in this apparent road rage incident that turned deadly. we are learning a few more details today from a police arrest report. we're learning that nowsch apparently conit fided in a couple of friends that talked to detectives and the friends told detectives that nowsch told them that he was being followed by a green vehicle. he thought that the people in that green car and it was after one of those people pointed a gun at him that he opened fire. he even showed them the murder weapon which was a .45 caliber handgun and that did, indeed, match shell casings found at two separate shooting scenes. they were 17 shell casings recovered by police detectives. nowsch is still here at the clark county detension center and have his first court appearance on monday. >> he's facing a growing list of charges? >> it is adding up. he's facing murde

during that standoff, tammy meyers's husband robert showed up obviously very emotional and making hiseelings about erich nowsch very clear. >> are you all happy? made my wife look like an animal with my son. there is the animal a block away! are you happy?! >> reporter: mr. meyers said his wife had been something of a mentor to the alleged killer. that they knew he was quote bad. and his wife had frequently tried to help him. >> because she was really good to him. she fed him. she gave him money. she told him to pull his pants up, to be a man, more times than i can count. >> reporter: now it is still unclear exactly what happened on the day tammy meyers was shot and killed. we were initially told there was some accident involving her and the shooter as she was giving her daughter a driving lesson. that the shooter followed her home and opened fire. now police was saying there was indeed some sort of traffic incident but tammy meyers drove home to get her 22-year-old son, brandon, whom she knew had a gun, the two of them went looking for erich nowsch followed him for a while before ret

. >> reporter: meyers' husband robert also lashed out on the reporters on the scene. it happened last thursday night when meyers was giving her daughter a driving lesson. he became angry after crystal honked the horn at him. tammy drove her daughter home and took off hwith her 22-year-old son who was armed with a gun. she was drytrying to draw the suspect away from her house. >> she was trying to protect me. that's all she was doing. >> reporter: when they returned the shooter struck tammy meyers in the head. >> i did what i had to do to protect my family. everyone can thing what they think. i did it for a reason. >> reporter: now his media account showed him with marijuana. meyers wife tried to help him. >> she fed him, gave him money, told him to pull his pants up, and be a man. >> reporter: meyers died two days later after being taken off life support. >>> closing argument could come today in the american sniper trial in texas. the defense rested their case yesterday. psychiatrists testified that routh thought he was protecting himself when he killed navy s.e.a.l. c

meyers was afraid and she got back in her car and headed home and the suspects followed and when she got out she was shot. her son robertstruck the suspect vehicle several times. >> my mom did not deserve this and she didn't deserve to be shot in the head because she is teaching my little sister what to do. >> he did what any son would do. he returned fire and if i would have been here there would be four people laying here. >> the gunman shot meyers on her son's birthday. she was taken off life support on valentine's day. the son and daughter feel responsible for her death. >> there was no excuse or reason. and i hope to god they know we are looking. >> and they will be caught. >> the only promising part of the story. they have a description of the suspect and car and bullet holes in the car. >> it is a horrific story. road rage stories come up once in a while. you have states psas for folks to calm down about that. tell us about that. >> miami is apparently the worst. minor things escalate and tail gating and gestures and someone gels gets out of the car. you don't know what it would be. evander holly field or someone

meyers in the head. her son came out and fired at the car. last night the family said they would take her off life support. >>> an update on a case involving golfer robert allenby who last month was found injured on a street in hawaii after playing in a tournament there, his cash and credit cards missing. this week honolulu police announced the arrest of a 32 year-olds man with charges of identity theft and the use of allenby's credit cards. a spokesperson also confirmed allenby did not patronize an adult establishment as had been previously reported. a police detective told the associated press it was a case of mistaken identity. >>> and how about 19-year-old zach levine who wowed the veterans last night at the nba's slam dunk contest. take a look. levine blue the competition away with an off the post through the legs slam. he is the youngest to win the trophy since kobe bryant did. he did it at 18. one of levine's dunks was inspired by the movie "space jam" that came out when he was just 1 year old. but he almost hit his head on the rim, he was so high. >> that's amazing. 18. >> can we just talk scorpions for a moment? would you get back on that plane