a 19 year old man has been indicted on murder and other charges in the shooting death of a las vegas mother of four in a neighborhood gunbattle the indictment filed friday accuses defendant erich milton nowsch jr of murder, attempted murder and firing a weapon from a vehicle the shooting was initially characterized as road rage but was later found to involve more complex relationships scroll down for video  erich nowsch jr (pictured in a las vegas courtroom february 23) was indicted friday on charges of murder, attempted murder and firing a weapon from a vehicle in the killing of tammy meyers  the indictment doesn't name a getaway driver in the february 12 killing of 44 year old tammy meyers her husband, robert meyers, says she took their daughter home after a late night driving lesson and fetched her 22 year old son with his gun to find a driver who frightened her earlier the 19 year old's defense team hope the request to the coroner's office will be able to determine whether meyers, 44, or somebody next to her fired a gun before she died  police say the son fired several shots at nowsch during the fatal shootout in a cul de sac outside the meyers home the 44 year old meyers was wounded in the head february 12 and died two days later nowsch was arrested on february 19 nowsch's defense team said in court today they are trying to obtain surveillance video from johnson junior high school, where meyers was allegedly teaching her daughter to parallel park the night before the shooting they also want police to turn over radio recordings from the night of the shooting and the day of nowach's arrest, reported las vegas review journal the 19 year old is being held without bail he is due back in court march 12 many questions remain after conflicting accounts from authorities and meyers' family about what initially was characterized as a road rage attack following nowsch's arrest late last month, his lawyers said he was high on marijuana while he was being questioned, and police knew it he surrendered to the authorities after a stand off in suburban las vegas claus said he plans to argue in court that anything nowsch told investigators after he was taken into custody can no longer be used in the impending murder trial it's not clear what nowsch told detectives after his arrest 'people tend to say things that aren't entirely credible when they're under the influence,' he told the associated press attorney augustus claus said 'not only' did the police let nowsch smoke, they 'watched him do it' as they tried 'to talk him down' during a standoff that involved a helicopter and a swat team last week, claus said he may consider using a fractured skull nowsch suffered as an infant at the hands of his abuse father in his defense clark county district attorney steve wolfson will consider nowsch's childhood injury while deciding whether to seek the death penalty against him nowsch has been accused of shooting 44 year old tammy meyers dead during an act of road rage it has since been revealed that the meyers family knew the suspect  the meyers family initially claimed that meyers had gotten into an argument with nowsch while giving her daughter a driving lesson on the night of the february 12 shooting they said nowsch followed them home and shot at them it has since emerged that meyers went home and recruited her son brandon, who brought his gun meyers was shot in the head and died after two days on life support claus said he believes nowsch will be able to claim self defense because brandon meyers was armed last month, it was revealed that the meyers family actually knew nowsch
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the indictment filed friday accuses erich milton nowsch jr of murder, attempted murder and firing a weapon from a vehicle  nowsch is accused of fatally shooting tammy meyers, 44, in las vegas last month  police say meyers' son was armed and fired several shots at nowsch 