Police are appealing for information about a passenger who filmed a sickening video of his friend mowing down a retired police chief as he rode his bicycle along a Las Vegas highway.
The 17-year-old driver was charged with murder after he allegedly fatally plowed his 2016 Hyundai Elantra into 64-year-old Andreas Probst in the city’s northwest on August 14.
The driver was arrested shortly after the accident and taken to juvenile hall – but more than a month later, his passenger, who filmed the horrific incident and urged him to attack Probst, is still at large.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said it is still actively working to identify the passenger in the car.
The agency did not immediately respond to requests for information about the 17-year-old driver, who was not named despite being charged with murder because of his age.
Andreas Probst (pictured surrounded by his family) was fatally struck by a teenage driver in an intentional hit-and-run in Las Vegas on August 14th. More than a month later, police are still searching for the passenger who filmed the sickening attack and egged on the driver
Probst, 64, was fatally shot while cycling in northwest Las Vegas on August 14. A newly surfaced video shows he was intentionally killed by the teen driver
On Saturday, a video circulated on social media that sparked outraged reactions and showed the driver asking “Ready?” and the passenger filming laughed as he replied, “Yeah, beat his ass.”
A visual analysis of the video by confirms that it shows the same location where Probst was killed, on a stretch of North Tenaya Way, near West Centennial Parkway.
The fatal hit-and-run occurred around 6 a.m. while Probst was on his morning drive.
According to police, he was hit from behind by a 2016 Hyundai Elantra and fled the scene at high speed. Probst was taken to University Hospital, where he was confirmed dead.
The alleged driver was arrested later that same day and police say he was linked to the theft of several other vehicles that morning.
Probst had a 35-year career in law enforcement in California, including serving as police chief of Bell, an unincorporated city in Los Angeles County.
He retired in 2009 and moved to Las Vegas, where he worked a remote job for a security consulting company and took up cycling to stay in shape.
His daughter, Taylor Probst, told the Review-Journal that she received an alert from her father’s Apple Watch that he had fallen on the morning of August 14.
The 17-year-old driver (left) was arrested shortly after the accident and charged with murder. There was no information about the fees for the passenger (right).
Probst retired to Nevada after resigning as police chief of Bell, California, in 2009
“He was honestly like a ray of sunshine just shining through your life,” said Probst’s daughter Taylor, who was seen with her mother Crystal at a vigil at the scene of the accident.
On Sept. 7, community members gathered at the scene of the fatal accident to honor Probst with the Ghost Bike, a fixed bicycle painted white to mark the collision point
She rushed with her mother Crystal to the scene of the accident, which was just three miles from their home.
By the time they arrived, Probst had already been transported to a hospital, but the evidence left behind was grim.
“I also came from a law enforcement background when I was younger,” Crystal told the newspaper. “I could tell his bike is over there, his helmet is over there, his phone is over there. ‘I think that’s not good.’
On Sept. 7, community members gathered at the scene of the fatal accident to honor Probst with the Ghost Bike, a fixed bicycle painted white to mark the collision point.
Police officers from several local jurisdictions were also present to pay their respects.
Mourners are seen joining Probst’s family at the scene where he was killed in northwest Las Vegas
“He was a great man, a husband,” Andreas’ wife Crystal said at the memorial service, according to KLAS-TV. “One father, one brother.”
“He was honestly like a ray of sunshine just shining through your life,” daughter Taylor said.
Last year, 14 cyclists were killed on roads in Clark County, which includes Las Vegas, and 72 pedestrians were fatally struck, according to the state.
According to the latest data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 966 cyclists died in traffic accidents nationwide in 2021, a 40-year high.