Tag: Road Rage
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Flock cameras assist in road rage shooting arrest in Douglas County
Douglas County deputies on Monday said Flock Safety cameras were critical in an investigation that led to the arrest of a road rage shooting suspect. Deputies with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said 43-year-old Mitchell Aaron Weber was arrested Saturday morning after they said he fired a weapon at another vehicle near Quebec Street and…
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JeffCo road rage shooter court proceeding delayed 35 days for discovery
An attorney representing Matthew Impellitteri, a Jefferson County man accused of shooting a woman in the head during a November road rage incident, requested a 35-day continuance Wednesday to go through discovery. Impellitteri’s lawyer Doug Richards told First Judicial District Judge Keith Gorman that attorneys for both sides still needed time to make their way…
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Appeals court overturns road rage murder conviction due to faulty jury instruction
Colorado’s second-highest court overturned a defendant’s murder conviction on Thursday, concluding an Arapahoe County judge provided an incorrect self-defense instruction to the jury about the road rage encounter. In November 2020, Romeo Desean Thompson was behind Phillip Hunt at an intersection. The light turned green, but Hunt did not immediately move forward. Thompson honked, after…
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JeffCo deputies arrest man on suspicion of first-degree murder after victim shot in head during road rage incident
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly shot someone in the head on U.S. Hwy 285 earlier this week. Matthew Impellitteri, 56, faces two counts of criminal attempted first-degree murder after deliberation and two counts of criminal attempted first-degree murder — extreme indifference for allegedly shooting…
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Leadville man arrested after fatal road-rage shooting
A road rage incident turned fatal on U.S. Highway 24 in Lake County, after a Leadville man allegedly shot and killed another driver late Tuesday night. Robert Price Chase, 31, was arrested and faces charges of second-degree murder after allegedly shooting and killing another driver around 10 p.m. in the 13200 block of U.S. 24.,…
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State patrol makes arrests in E-470 road rage shootings
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Colorado State Patrol announced the arrests of two suspects in road range shootings that took place on E-470 in early July. The two incidents — taking place on July 6 and July 8, respectively — each involved the suspects shooting at the victims after engaging in road rage, according to a news release from Colorado State Patrol.…
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1 dead after suspected road-rage crash in Westminster
A man died in Westminster Wednesday morning after a suspected road-rage incident led to him getting hit by a passing vehicle. The Westminster Police Department responded to reports of a three-vehicle crash on the westbound lanes of U.S. Highway 36, just west of Church Ranch Boulevard, around 1:30 a.m. When officers arrived, they found an…
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22-year-old street racer found guilty of murdering volunteer firefighter in Aurora
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Adams County jury on Friday found Jeremy Rocha guilty of first-degree murder with extreme indifference in the shooting death of a volunteer firefighter during a street racing incident on Father’s Day weekend in 2022. Rocha was also convicted of second-degree murder, as well as…
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Police: Wheat Ridge carjacking suspect terrorized, shot multiple victims
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By the time the police arrested a 20-year-old man in connection to a suspected “road rage” shooting in Wheat Ridge in November, the suspect’s history of alleged carjacking and armed robbery had stretched over several months, court records show. Keenan Clodfelter faces charges of attempted…
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Road rage suspect shot by Denver police following hostage incident
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Denver police shot and wounded a man after a road rage incident that led to a hostage situation Friday evening. Officers responded to a call around 5:30 p.m. Friday in the area of Interstate 25 and Colfax. The caller had reported that someone in a truck had shot at his vehicle while driving. The caller then…