LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Darin Algee, 31, was driving home on a Las Vegas freeway with his wife and 5-year-old son when he was fatally shot, according to his family.
Algee’s widow, Lasha Bowie, declined to provide further details about the shooting, fearing it would hinder the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s investigation. She instead wanted to focus on the loss of her family.
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Darin Algee, 31, was driving home on a Las Vegas freeway with his wife and 5-year-old son when he was fatally shot, family said. (Mozella Gayfield) -
Darin Algee, 31, was driving home on a Las Vegas freeway with his wife and 5-year-old son when he was fatally shot, family said. (Mozella Gayfield) -
Darin Algee, 31, was driving home on a Las Vegas freeway with his wife and 5-year-old son when he was fatally shot, family said. (Mozella Gayfield) -
Darin Algee, 31, was driving home on a Las Vegas freeway with his wife and 5-year-old son when he was fatally shot, family said. (Mozella Gayfield) -
Darin Algee, 31, was driving home on a Las Vegas freeway with his wife and 5-year-old son when he was fatally shot, family said. (Mozella Gayfield) -
Darin Algee, 31, was driving home on a Las Vegas freeway with his wife and 5-year-old son when he was fatally shot, family said. (Mozella Gayfield)
“He was a great man, he was a loving father,” Bowie said. “He supported me and his children throughout our 14 years of being together and married.”
Bowie said she was worried about how her family would get back on its feet after the shooting and the recent move to Las Vegas. Algee’s five children and his wife moved to Las Vegas from Dallas, Texas, over a month ago and said they didn’t know how they would afford basic necessities.
“We’re not doing well at all,” Bowie said. “We just moved here and we don’t have much. It would help us start our lives.”
The family car, a gray SUV, was identified by police as the victim’s vehicle involved in Thursday’s shooting that closed the southbound lanes of I-15 for hours. Bowie said she was relying on her family in Las Vegas to get around because her car is now a total loss.
“I don’t have a car anymore,” she said.
Algee’s teenage son, Joe Hairston Jr., held his mother’s arm as she struggled to talk about the loss of her family and spoke about the role he has taken on.
“It’s going to be really hard to get through this without him, but I’m going to stay strong for him and just keep doing what he wanted to do,” Hairston said. “I still can’t really comprehend that he’s gone.”
Bowie asked the community for support following her recent move to Las Vegas and the loss of the family car.
Algee’s aunt, Mozella Gayfield, told 8 News Now that the Las Vegas side of the family is trying to support the five children who are now left without a father, and said she hopes the entire community helps out.
Police have not released any details about the suspected shooter, motive or any other vehicles involved.
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