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A memorial work is being held Friday greeting for Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Micah May, who was killed past week during a instrumentality enforcement pursuit.
The 46-year-old begetter of two and 13-year seasoned of the Highway Patrol died 2 days aft helium was struck by a stolen car connected July 27 during a pursuit connected Interstate 15. He was attempting to deploy “stop sticks” intended to puncture the stolen vehicle’s tires adjacent Sahara Avenue, the Highway Patrol has said.
A procession escorting May’s assemblage from the Palm Mortuary astatine 1325 N. Main St. is scheduled to statesman astatine 9:30 a.m. Friday. The memorial work was scheduled to statesman astatine astir 11 a.m. astatine Henderson’s Central Church, located astatine 1001 New Beginnings Drive.
Temporary roadworthy closures volition beryllium successful effect for the procession, which volition spell down Main Street to Washington Avenue and onto I-15 earlier exiting the road astatine Spring Mountain Road to question down the Strip. The procession past volition spell eastbound connected the 215 Beltway to U.S. Highway 95 and Russell Road, constabulary said.
Following the memorial service, different procession volition pb to a nationalist graveside work astatine Palm Mortuary Eastern, 7600 S. Eastern Ave., the Highway Patrol said. Road closures besides volition beryllium successful effect for the 2nd procession, which volition spell from Russell Road to U.S. Highway 95, the 215 Beltway and Eastern Avenue.
May’s woman and colleagues who spoke astatine a candlelight vigil Tuesday evening said helium was a funny, loyal antheral who ne'er had a atrocious connection to accidental astir anyone.
According to an obituary for May, the trooper grew up successful the tiny Massachusetts municipality of Greenfield, wherever helium loved the acold and sledding. In 2008, helium “followed his imagination of becoming instrumentality enforcement” and tested for the Highway Patrol, the obituary said.
He met Joanna astatine Tropicana Avenue and U.S. Highway 95, “where helium whitethorn oregon whitethorn not person pulled her implicit for speeding,” the obituary said. The mates had 2 young children, Raylan and Melody.
After May was deed connected July 27, a Metropolitan Police Department chopper flew him to University Medical Center successful captious condition. His woman said Tuesday that helium saved 4 lives aft his decease done organ donation.
Before the pursuit, a 911 caller told constabulary a antheral had flashed a foot-long weapon astatine him, stolen his car and driven implicit his ft astatine a operation tract adjacent Sunset Road and Las Vegas Boulevard, constabulary said.
The carjacker was identified arsenic 60-year-old Douglas Claiborne.
Claiborne led Highway Patrol troopers connected a pursuit portion driving erratically connected and disconnected the freeway, avoiding six sets of halt sticks that had been deployed to dilatory him down, Las Vegas constabulary person said.
As May was putting retired the seventh acceptable of halt sticks, Claiborne drove astir them and deed May with the stolen car. He continued to thrust for astir a mile with May lodged successful the vehicle’s windshield, constabulary said.
Troopers stopped Claiborne by ramming his vehicle, and constabulary changeable and killed him erstwhile helium tried to drawback May’s gun, Las Vegas constabulary person said.
Data maintained by the FBI shows that May was the 2nd Nevada trooper to dice successful the enactment of work successful astir 3 decades. He was the 12th Nevada trooper to dice successful the enactment of work successful recorded history.
May is survived by his woman and their 2 children; his parents, Edwin and Katherine; and his brothers, Seth and Paul, according to his obituary.
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