Earlier this month, an off-duty Las Vegas Metropolitan police officer was killed by a wrong-way driver. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has confirmed that the driver who caused the fatal crash, killing 29-year-old Officer Colton Pulsipher, was in the country illegally and had been ordered to be deported.
The incident occurred on December 12 when Officer Pulsipher was returning home and was struck by a wrong-way driver, later identified as 31-year-old Fernando Jimenez-Jimenez, on Interstate 15 near mile marker 75 in Nevada. The crash occurred in the early evening hours, and despite efforts from first responders, Officer Pulsipher was pronounced dead at the scene. He leaves behind a wife and three young children.
Las Vegas police officer Colton Pulsipher was memorialized and buried last week.
He lost his life to a wrong-way driver who’s an…
