US EditionRoad Rage Incident Leads to Deadly Shooting in Allentown: DA
ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, JUL 6 – The shooting followed after the Audi driver aggressively forced the Prius off the road and attacked with a bat, with police confirming the Prius driver acted in self-defense.
- A road rage incident early Sunday morning in Allentown ended with the driver of a Prius shooting and killing the driver of an Audi on West Hamilton Street.
- The confrontation escalated after the Audi, carrying two people, forced the Prius to the curb and its driver exited wielding a metal baseball bat.
- Surveillance video showed the Audi driver striking the Prius with the bat before the Prius driver fired once with a legally owned 9mm handgun.
- The 35-year-old victim was transported to Lehigh Valley Health Network and was declared deceased at 4:51 a.m.; the coroner has classified the death as a homicide.
- Police arrested the Prius driver without incident and no charges have been filed pending a thorough investigation into whether the shooting was self-defense.
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