Posted on 09/21/2023 12:04:59 PM PDT by Morgana
The mother of a teenager who is accused of intentionally ramming into and killing a retired police chief with his car while his friend laughed has broken her silence.
Jesus Ayala, 18, and Jzamir Keys, 16, have been charged after being accused of intentionally striking Andreas Probst, 64, while he was riding his bicycle down an empty highway in the northwest of the city at around 6am on August 14.
Ayala's mother has said that she 'doesn't know,' if her son - who was 17 at the time - can be forgiven for his alleged crimes, after police announced the juveniles will be charged as adults.
She told 8News Now: 'I don't know why he did this. I don't know if God can forgive this.'
Both Ayala and Keys will be in Las Vegas Justice Court today.
Ayala, the accused driver of the 2016 Hyundai Elantra, has a lengthy record in the juvenile system. He was arrested the same day as the hit - and has been hit with 18 different charges, from murder to conspiracy to burglary.
Meanwhile Keys, who was detained this week following a police appeal for information, is believed to be the passenger who goaded the attack and filmed a sick video.
It took cops five weeks to arrest him. It's believed he was wearing a face mask at the time of the sick collision.
His mother told the news outlet via text: 'My son's side of the story will be told, 'the truth,' not the inaccuracies the media will try to portray.'
The duo were transferred to the Clark County Detention Center on Wednesday and they will face charges of murder with a deadly weapon, battery and attempted murder in Las Vegas Justice Court.
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