An 11-year-old Nevada boy on his way to school was fatally shot in a road-rage incident over position on a congested Las Vegas area freeway Friday morning, authorities said.

The suspect, a 22-year-old man, was arrested at the scene of the shooting, Henderson Police Chief Reggie Rader said.

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“We lost a life today that we didn’t have to lose,” Rader told reporters. “An 11-year-old was on his way to school, and this senseless act took his life.”

The shooting happened around 7:30 a.m. on Interstate 215 westbound in Henderson, a city adjacent to Las Vegas to the southeast, officials said.

The two drivers “became involved in a road-rage incident when they began jockeying for positions, trying to pass each other on the co

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