Las Vegas, NV (KXNT) – A 101-year-old World War II veteran who was hurt in a crash involving suspects who were fleeing Metro Police has died from his injuries.
Police say that back on the night of March 1st, Herbert Muskin was in a car that was stopped at the intersection of Sunset and Stephanie in Henderson when his car was hit. Muskin suffered a fractured neck vertebra from the crash.
Muskin had been hospitalized since the crash, with word coming that he passed away on Thursday.
Two people in the car that hit Muskin’s, Lorraine Alvarado and Kassandra Alvarez face charges connected to a robbery from which they were fleeing. A third woman in that car had charges dropped. Investigators say that Alvarez was the driver.
Police say Alvarado ran from the vehicle with a gun in her right hand before turning the firearm at an officer who then fired his gun at her. After falling to the ground, police said she rolled into a sitting position and continued aiming her firearm at officers. According to the report, officers fired again, and Alvarado eventually dropped her gun.
Both women remain in jail.