Police seek teen and mom after shooting death of Missouri State football player

Police are looking for a teenage suspect and his mother in the shooting of a Missouri State University football player who witnesses say tried to stop a fight involving his sister and other people Saturday in Las Vegas.

Authorities haven’t named the 17-year-old sought in the killing of 18-year-old Richard J. Nelson – or the suspect’s mother, who is believed to have driven her son from the scene before police arrived.

The Clark County coroner says Nelson died of multiple gunshots.

Police homicide Lt. Dan McGrath said Tuesday that detectives know the identities of the boy and his mother, and are looking for them if they don’t turn themselves in.

Nelson was a redshirt freshman last season at Missouri State.

Witnesses tell police he pulled a person away from his sister before he was shot.

This story was originally published January 17, 2017 at 11:07 AM with the headline "Police seek teen and mom after shooting death of Missouri State football player."