Driver Shoots Another in Apparent Road Rage

Police were at the scene of a deadly shooting in Livingston County that apparently stemmed from road rage. (Screenshot: WJBK video)

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A 43-year-old Howell man is dead after another motorist allegedly shot him Tuesday afternoon in what police characterized as “road rage,” WJBK, Channel 2, reports

The suspect, a 69-year-old man also from Howell is in custody.

Both men were eastbound on Grand River at about 3:35 p.m. when tempers began to flare, Livingston County Undersheriff Michael Murphy told the Lansing State Journal.

The older man reportedly passed the younger man. Both were stopped at a traffic signal at Chilson and Grand River in Genoa Township when the younger man got out of his 2014 Ford Escape and approached the 2012 Dodge pickup driven by the older man.

Exactly what took place between the two men isn’t clear, but witnesses said “there appeared to be a little bit of a road rage incident,” said Livingston County Undersheriff Michael Murphy, who said the older man shot and killed the 43-year-old man.

Police did not say how many shots were fired, or whether the suspect had a permit to carry a concealed weapon.

The 43-year-old man’s wife was a passenger in his vehicle, but was uninjured.