A Nevada man who gunned down a mother-of-four in what police called a 'road rage' case sobbed in court as he was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday.

Erich Nowsch, 21, pleaded guilty to shooting 44-year-old Tammy Meyers dead in front of her Las Vegas home on February 12, 2015.

During court on Thursday, Nowsch said, 'I've never been in trouble my whole life,' while openly crying, KSNV reported.

'I want to first offer my sympathy for everyone who is here on behalf of Tammy Meyers before I make any comments or statements,' he said.

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Erich Nowsch (above), 21, who gunned down a mother-of- four in what police called a 'road rage' case sobbed in court as he was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday

Nowsch (left) , 21, pleaded guilty to fatally shooting 44-year-old Tammy Meyers (right) in front of her Las Vegas home on February 12, 2015

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Nowsch has the possibility to be paroled after serving 10 years.

If the 21-year-old is released, he will have to serve an additional four-year sentence due to the murder involving a gun.

Back when he confessed to the shooting to police, he told them that he was followed by Meyers that night and mistook her for someone who had earlier threatened him and his family.

He said: 'Everywhere I went that car was there. It was there. I just had threats earlier that morning on my phone.

'I swear I thought it was going to pop on me, bros... I knew I saw the gun, bros. I knew I saw the gun aimed at my house,' he said. 'I didn't mean to hit no mom with it, bros.'

Nowsch opened fire on her car while on the road and then later shot at her and her son, Brandon, while they were outside of their home.

Nowsch opened fire on Tammy's (left) car while on the road and then later shot at her and her son, Brandon (right), while they were outside of their home.

The man who drove Nowsch (right) the night of the horrific shooting, Derrick Andrews (left), 28, pleaded guilty to one count each of voluntary manslaughter and accessory to commit murder

She was shot in the head and died two days later. Her son returned fire at Nowsch outside the home during the incident, but no one else was hit, police said.

Nowsch told investigators that he thought he was being targeted by someone who had threatened him, according to his videotaped confession from August 2015.

The victim's husband, Robert, said on Thursday that Nowsch 'had a way out' and could have just left the scene.

Back in March Nowsch pleaded guilty to second-degree murder with a deadly weapon, attempted murder with a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm from a vehicle.

However, months later he tried to change his plea to not guilty, while claiming 'ineffective counsel.' But a judge denied his request.

The man who drove Nowsch the night of the horrific shooting, Derrick Andrews, 28, pleaded guilty to one count each of voluntary manslaughter and accessory to commit murder.

He was sentenced to between 5 and 15 years in prison.