Road Rage Shooting Deemed Self Defense

By James England

FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA — A motorist swerved into oncoming traffic but corrected just prior to colliding with another vehicle. That vehicle’s driver, identified as Don William Alvarez, 27, swerved around and pursued. Unfortunately, that pursuit concluded with Alvarez being fatally shot in what the Broward County Sheriff’s Office is saying is consistent with a self defense shooting.

This is a tragic case that could have been resolved without the use of force on behalf of Alvarez. The motorist-in-question was certainly in the wrong for veering into oncoming traffic but aggrivating matters further by pursuing that driver and getting out of the car on foot to confront him was likely at the heart of how the situation escalated into a defensive gun use, according to the news report submitted by Florida’s Local 10 News.

The best way to have dealt with this situation is to report the driver to authorities who would then be able to pursue the case. Alvarez’s girlfriend, who was a passenger in the vehicle, took cell phone video that the Sheriff’s Office was then able to corroborate with the driver’s story. That video also indicated that Alvarez exited his own vehicle to pursue the driver — likely …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation