Angry Man Pulls Gun On Undercover Cop In Road Rage Incident. Oops.

By Bob Owens

A Charlotte, NC man sideswiped another vehicle Thursday afternoon and refused to stop, prompting the driver of that vehicle to follow the hit-and-run suspect while on the phone with 911 dispatchers. The hit-and-run suspect then stopped, and the driver jumped out of the vehicle with a gun in his hand.

That proved to be a bad move, as the vehicle he hit was an unmarked Charlotte-Mecklenburg police car, and the driver was an undercover cop who turned out the be pretty good with a gun.

“Then at some point the vehicle that was immediately in front of the undercover officer’s car stopped, driver got of out of vehicle, produced a handgun, and shots were fired from the undercover detective, unfortunately striking and killing the driver,”Deputy Chief Jeff Estes said.

Estes said the incident was an apparent case of road rage.

“Everything is initial here but that’s what it appears – a road rage incident that unfortunately turned out to be tragic, fatal,” Estes continued.

Estes said he wasn’t sure if [Josue Javier] Diaz, a Hispanic man, fired any shots after getting out of the vehicle.

“I don’t know any details about how the weapon was produced,” Estes said. “I can tell you we recovered …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms