LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The man suspected of driving impaired, hitting and killing Arbor View High School senior McKenzie Scott now faces formal charges in the case.
A Clark County grand jury on Tuesday returned an indictment charging Keenan Jackson with DUI resulting in death and reckless driving resulting in death.
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Jackson, 37, was arrested after the May 2 crash outside Arbor View High School. Police said Scott was crossing the street near her school inside a marked crosswalk when she was hit and died as a result of her injuries.
Police said Jackson was speeding on Buffalo Drive when he hit Scott. According to investigators, Jackson told police he hadn't been drinking and was coming from a Starbucks. A breathalyzer test revealed his blood alcohol level was 0.286 — more than three times Nevada's legal limit.
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The case has sparked outrage across the Las Vegas community and calls for harsher penalties for deadly DUIs, including from Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson.
"That's a lot of alcohol, at 11 o'clock in the morning, in a school zone or near a school — unacceptable," Wolfson told Channel 13 in a previous interview. "And that's why this man is going to go to prison for not a long enough time, I'm afraid. I'm entitled to my own opinion, just like any of you. It's not enough."
Jackson is being held in the Clark County Detention Center on a $500,000 bond.
