Topic: "Road Rage" influenced woman to shoot motorcyclist in chest

[Hope]

http://www.whas11.com/news/local/stories/whas11_topstory_080617_shootingORIGINALSTORY.204845c9.html

Included in the news story:

Photos from the scene

Raw video from the scene

WHAS11 coverage

911 tape from shooting

[74cb750]

Not something I like to read about on a Sunday morning.

Road rage is everywhere.

[eldar]

Saw this a couple weeks ago actually. The guy lived and there is some kind of investigation going on. She has had other run in with the law before. The story is that she was tailgating the biker and when he got off to ask her why, she said it was his lucky day, he is going to die. Then she shot him. Now that is HIS account but it seems that other people that know her, agree with him.

[tramp]

lesson learned
don't stop

[fuzzybutt]

i keep a pocket full of old ball bearings for tailgaters, throw a handfull over your shoulder.

[edbikerii]

Yeah, no matter what he said to her, he didn't have a weapon, and there was no damage to her or her vehicle, so how the hell can she justify shooting anyone?  She should be prosecuted for murder or at least manslaughter.

[Gordon]

i keep a pocket full of old ball bearings for tailgaters, throw a handfull over your shoulder.

What about the ones that miss or bounce off and hit innocent drivers? 

[bwaller]

i keep a pocket full of old ball bearings for tailgaters, throw a handfull over your shoulder.

What about the ones that miss or bounce off and hit innocent drivers? 

Just don't throw them right before braking for the next light! 

[rbmgf7]

according to the witness, the kid taunted the wounded guy? holy crap, they should prosecute the kid too!

[JimJ]

Frightening

[bzr]

according to the witness, the kid taunted the wounded guy? holy crap, they should prosecute the kid too!

15-year old kid, too. Imagine seeing your mother shoot a guy in front of your eyes, then laughing it off...hopefully they call Social Services too, by the sound of things.

I wonder if local news will spin this as "the menace of motorcyclists and wild, unhinged Hell's Angels bikers" like they always tend to do? I bet they'll find a way, how those crazy one-percenters always go around terrorizing innocent mothers and children, how this guy got what he deserved, another menace off the streets...

[DarkRider]

This reminds me of an article that Motorcyclist looked at awhile ago. It was about a kid on a sport bike that hit a left turning teacher killing both of them when his bike blew up. Anyways the article made it look like the kid was a speed crazed killer and barely mentioned him in the article claiming he hit the car at 80 mph. When in all reality he hit her at 65 mph and she was in the wrong by turning left in front of him...but of course the article was spun as the kid was just a speed junky...

[DammitDan]

I can't believe the 15 year old kid taunted and kicked the guy after he was lying on the ground shot in the chest.  I'm afraid that's likely the fault of Grand Theft Auto (shooting people on the streets is fun, kids!)

And here I was thinking I would never say a thing like that...  Damn whippersnappers and their violent video games! 

[scondon]

$4.08 a gallon? We pay at least 10% more here in CA

   Glad that wasn't your local news station Hope

[eldar]

So far from what I have read, it does not look like the media is spinning this against the rider. I think part of the reason for this is because he is alive still.

[DarkRider]

yea..not a good idea to spin against the guy that could sue your ass for doing that..