Road Rage -New Orleans: Former NFL Player Killed, Suspect Released

[Dave_L]

And people are calling the "stand your ground" law crazy and absurd. How about you just dont threaten people?

[KAPA]

Latest news states that the shots were fired from the drivers seat, and the dead guy was at the passenger window. 3 casings were still in the car. Moral of the story, don't be an intimidating jackass, you may be shot.

This sounds far more plausible than the football player apologizing before random guy stood on top of him and emptied his gun into the football player. But hey that is what an unnamed witness saw.

[Guylee]

So far there are not enough facts known by the public or media to make any real judgement of who started what or is at fault. All we have is one guy is dead due to gun shot wounds, and the other guy has talked to police and has been released.

Combine this thing with the Charleston verdict that is about to drop as not guilty, and I suspect we are in for a night of riots somewhere in the next day or two.

Since when has that mattered?

[Jonsey]

Now he has been arrested.
https://www.google.com/amp/mobile.ny...asser.amp.html

[Dave_L]

It's going to be interesting what a jury thinks about this. Road rage gone bad but if you get out of your car and approach another car, you could perceive that as a threat, especially considering the actions leading up to this. Also, with a gun in Joe's car, there's no knowing if he brandished it while driving before they stopped. If he had, that may be why Gasser was quick to pull his. That is something the witnesses would have no idea about and completely changes the situation, IMO. The young football player approaching a 54 year old guy is also an interesting dynamic. So many things.

Again, it will be interesting to see what happens in court.

Lesson here....road rage isnt worth it. Let it go.

[Jonsey]

That is what I am wondering too. Did Joe brandish his weapon before they got to the place where the incident happened.
Also, the shooter had been involved in a prior road rage incident where he punched someone so that does not look good for him.
Road rage is icky. I wish people would just calm down and drive safely.