Posted on 03/17/2018 4:52:22 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie
A woman who fatally shot a man on a shoulder of Interstate 5 during a road-rage incident last month will not be charged, the Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday.
The 23-year-old woman acted in self defense, prosecutors said. The News Tribune has chosen not to publish her name because she was never arrested or charged with a crime.
Witnesses said the man, 60-year-old Bruce W. Jones, was upset with how the woman was driving her motorcycle Feb. 8 on the southbound freeway near the King-Pierce County line in Milton. He tried to box the woman in with his 2016 GMC Terrain, then got out of his vehicle and “aggressively approached her on the shoulder of Interstate 5,” the Prosecutor’s Office said in a news release.
Jones started a fight with the woman and at some point she head-butted him. Jones then slammed the woman’s head into a jersey barrier and took her to the ground. As Jones tried to climb on top of her, she shot him in the chest with a handgun. He died at the scene.
The motorcyclist, who had a concealed pistol license, called 911 and waited for investigators. She was detained and then released while prosecutors made a charging decision.
Jones’ wife was a passenger in the GMC and was not injured.
“This is another reminder to everyone to keep a cool head on our roads,” Prosecutor Mark Lindquist said. “Nothing good is going to come from physically confronting another driver.”
The investigation of the shooting caused significant backups on the freeway, as police closed two lanes of I-5 for about four hours.
Joisy Bayers.
Joisy Bayers.
The pst was weak.
He has cooled off since that incident.
If the bullet hits the brachial artery you will bleed out in minutes without immediate medical attention.
Without prompt vascular surgery to repair the damage and restore blood flow you will likely lose your arm.
Most freepers do not understand witty humor, as you can see.
“Guy seems hot headed for 60.”
Probably second cousin to McCain.
It appears that her witness statement supported the woman he assaulted. She had probably told him to stop aggressing on the motorcycle while he started up this mess. Well rid of a brute.
The link indicates it's from the Tacoma News Bulletin, so that indicates Washington State, the whitest state in the union other than West Virginia. So while the principals in this uber liberal state may have been white, the woman may have been a "dyke on a bike." Regardless of sex, road rage is stupid and gets all kinds of people killed.
Obviously the lesson here is not to beat up a woman until you ascertain if she is packing heat. A better approach is to wait until she turns her back an then attack.This guy was obviously lacking in the art of obuse!! Do I really need to put a sarc alert on this!!!
It's probably close to her fracas. Redd Foxx once had a bit in his act about a news item he saw wherein a bar brawl downtown erupted in gunfire and a woman was shot in the fracas. He wondered what part of a woman was her fracas.
I’m a Male,82, and been to many doctors many times and have had 5 major and a few minor ops. Never, had any Doctors mention, my Fracas.
It ‘s like a women’s Now, in the song, “ I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now”. ;^}
‘Lost’ or too embarrassing to acknowledge? I’ll let you decide.
lmao
Or god forbid the “gore point”
Well played
Out west they’re referred to as K rails. No one I know of uses the term Jersey barrier. Sounds gay.
Do not mess with a biker babe.
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