First road rage casualty I knew

[George K]

Whoa. That's scary AF. So sorry to read this.

Any details you can share?

[LuFins Dad]

Oh man. So sorry!

[Jolly]

Road rage ain't worth it. It's just not

I'm too damn old to fight in the middle of the road. If some idiot wants to chase me down, there's fixing to be sad singing and slow walking, and it ain't gonna be me.

[Mik]

Andy was in his 50s, and a long hard life. He was mostly deaf at birth and went to St Rita’s school in Cincinnati. Later in life he got Cochlear implants, but his communication skills were always limited. He had a bad car accident with lingering injuries and became addicted to prescription opioids, having to quit cold turkey when the DEA started cracking down. On top of that he had bad psoriatic arthritis.

Despite all that he had a heart of gold and helped a lot of people despite not having a lot of means himself.

Not sure what started it, but apparently Andy left his truck and hit the guy in the other car pretty hard. He was rearing back to do it again when they guy shot him. He died at the hospital.

Andy was instrumental in getting my local scholarship charity off the ground. But he was a big, rough looking guy and I could see him being scary if you didn’t know him.

[Copper]

There are no winners in that story.

RIP

[Renauda]

No way to lose a friend. My condolences, Mik.

[Mik]

Thanks all. What a senseless loss. Now two families have a lot of grief coming.

[LuFins Dad]

I read the news story. It was the guy that shot him that called the police. It sounds like he was truly remorseful as well. This is nothing but pain for everyone.

[Axtremus]

My condolences.

[jon-nyc]

My god. I’m sorry Mik.

[kluurs]

Very sorry to hear. Horrible way to lose a friend.

[jon-nyc]

There’s a lovely and kind woman who works for the foundation who’s ex-husband was incarcerated for a road rage incident. She ended up divorcing him in prison.

[Horace]

The credibility some give to physical altercations as a means to resolve conflict will never not be idiotic and absurd. The only "cool" fight is one where neither participant does any actual damage. Then maybe you get to talk about it afterwards as if it were cool.

[Mik]

Thinking about it and knowing Andy pretty well, I suspect the guy pulled the gun first and then Andy struck him. I cannot see him just attacking the guy over a traffic issue.

[89th]

Very sorry to hear of the tragedy. I’m not saying someone shouldn’t carry a gun but if you don’t have the gun you won’t think about using it. But of course it all depends on where you are and the threats you might encounter.

Anyway. Very sorry to hear of the death.

[Mik]

I didn’t think he was that old.

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[89th]

I wonder if any dashcam car footage will come about.... not likely, but there are cameras everywhere these days.

[Jolly]

What a waste...

[89th]

Just checked out the intersection on Google Maps street view... didn't see any cameras.

[Rich]

Wow, sorry for your friend, Mik.

Don't carry a weapon, but if I did, I'd like to think I could always keep in mind an obligation to try and de-escalate a situation...Even if I'm "right"