Road Rage shooting

[cobb]

Regarding possible scenarios, I believe that most people would assume that if someone is threatening you, pulling into a police station should be enough to make them back off, without needing any fancy evasive driving techniques. If that doesn't work but the aggressor instead starts smashing windows with say a piece of pipe, then a shoot could IMO be justified. Not saying this is what happened, but until we know more it seems plausible.

Very possible. As mentioned earlier a car could force a motorcycle off the road. There were 2 motorcycles, therefore 2 witnesses to give their story against one on how the car forced the motorcycle off the road for no reason. So if this was ongoing and getting serious, going to a local PD was a good idea to try to deter the attack.

[sgruenhagen44]

Like said before, we don't know details. But if it were me and I were trying to flee, Police station feels like a good bet. I hope we learn more about this one.

[Slayer_MN1]

Wow I was at my girlfriends parents house less than a block away when this went down, didn't hear a thing.

[goalie]

C'mon guys, we can get this to 5 pages easy before we have enough information to even have a clue about what happened, let alone second-guess the shooter.

[yukonjasper]

I'm waiting for the guys twin brother to create an account just to plead the case and give us more depth on why this went down.

Definitely a curious case - I wonder if we will get the details at some point.

[sgruenhagen44]

I'm waiting for the guys twin brother to create an account just to plead the case and give us more depth on why this went down.

Definitely a curious case - I wonder if we will get the details at some point.

[xracer390]

Regarding possible scenarios, I believe that most people would assume that if someone is threatening you, pulling into a police station should be enough to make them back off, without needing any fancy evasive driving techniques. If that doesn't work but the aggressor instead starts smashing windows with say a piece of pipe, then a shoot could IMO be justified. Not saying this is what happened, but until we know more it seems plausible.

Very possible. As mentioned earlier a car could force a motorcycle off the road. There were 2 motorcycles, therefore 2 witnesses to give their story against one on how the car forced the motorcycle off the road for no reason. So if this was ongoing and getting serious, going to a local PD was a good idea to try to deter the attack.

2 witnesses, but they were bikers.

[BU1]

So if this was ongoing and getting serious, going to a local PD was a good idea to try to deter the attack.

Except the east side of this building is the fire dept. Cops are on the west. Fight was in the east lot.

[Humphrey Bogart]

I hope the shooter gets some brownie points for heading to the PD...I also imagine the police / fire station has decent security camera coverage.

What's with the delay in releasing any info?

[xracer390]

I also imagine the police / fire station has decent security camera coverage.

[tman]

oops...got my info wrong. I was thinking of a different shooting altogether.

Nevermind.

[xracer390]

Immediate witness count is even, there were 2 people in the car.
"A 71-year-old man is facing felony assault charges stemming from a shooting in Isanti over the weekend as the result of an alleged road rage incident."

http://isanticountynews.com/2012/09/29/ ... -incident/

According to officials, four people -- two motorcycle drivers, a man driving a car and a passenger in that vehicle

Read more: http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/19 ... z289AA2D1z


http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/19 ... ce-station

[Dante]

I hope the shooter gets some brownie points for heading to the PD...I also imagine the police / fire station has decent security camera coverage.

What's with the delay in releasing any info?

I don't believe it was a defensive shooting situation but I could be wrong.

I was wrong. Never mind.

[tman]

From the fox news story:

Officers say the man driving the car pulled a handgun out of the vehicle and shot the motorcyclist in the face.

Doesn't sound like much of a retreat...

"Wait here, while I go get my gun.."

[xracer390]

This is only a small town rumor (and is in no way intended to be a fact) but its going around that the biker had a knife pulled on the shooter.