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.
A guy that trys to beat up a woman he does not know, I wonder if the little wife in the car is happy to be free of him at this point.
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Same thought crossed my mind.
Actually, I can compare. I took a bullet in the hollow of my shoulder that shattered my clavicle. The doctor said an inch to the right and it would have hit a nerve center leaving me paralyzed.
The bullet came through my front door. The feral-American who shot me didn’t even get charged with firing a gun in city limits. Nothing.
I disagree, he said weakly...
What’s that you say? I can barely hear you. ;-)
Did I misspell weekly?
Getting shot in the Penal Colony may render you sterile.
“So in New Jersey, do they call them “joisey barriers” ??”
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Depends upon what part of Joisey.
I had an uncle born in Jersey, but he was one of the lucky ones. He escaped in a balloon during the Carter administration.
You wrote with conviction so weak what you wrote was almost faded away by the time I read it. ;-)
The story is light on facts. What was the dead guys beef with her driving? Did he assault her before she head butted him, presumably with a helmet on? Trying to box in a 2 wheeler with a 4 wheeler is stupid. Getting out of your car and strutting around is stupid. Guy seems hot headed for 60.
There’s nothing about which state it happened in, but I’m going to guess that it was one of the western states.
Pretty much like a foreign country out that way, as not many of those people are descended from long lines of Americans.
“I’ve never heard this term before, jersey barrier.”
Are you serious?
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Interstate 5 took it in the shoulder. It survived.
Sounded that way to me, too. Wasn’t one of Obama’s sons involved in that Florida case?
I’m sorry to hear about your trouble.
Sounds like he's addressing the 3rd grade for his upcoming campaign commercial. Or does he think Pollyanna comments would have any affect whatsoever on these types of incidents?
No, he isn't. He's IFinnegan
Yup. Her name is Trayvon Martinez. And because the colors were reversed this is a good shoot.
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