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A Texas man was shot and killed when he allegedly attacked another driver with a hammer during a reported road rage incident. It’s just the latest example of how physically confronting other drivers because they do something you don’t like could end your life.
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In this case out of San Antonio, the victim told police he feared for his life and it’s not hard to see why. After all, a hammer is more than capable of killing someone and if we had a stranger coming at us with one, we would also assume that person had the intention of at least doing serious harm if not committing murder.
According to KENS 5, the attack happened not long after noon on August 8. Police say a 36-year-old man perceived another car cut him off. He stopped his car suddenly, grabbed a hammer in his vehicle, hopped out, and started smashing the window of the Hyundai which allegedly cut him off.
How getting cut off warrants such a violent response is a mystery, but the man probably wasn’t thinking clearly. In fact, we think road rage is fueled by people not thinking through consequences and instead treating other drivers as a clear threat to their physical safety.
San Antonio Police responded to the scene and found the 36-year-old man bleeding in the road. He was transported to the hospital and later died. Nobody else was hurt in the attack.
The investigation into the road rage incident is still ongoing, so police aren’t supplying more information. If things went down the way it sounds, this seems like a clear case of self defense. This is why attacking strangers over trivial traffic problems is a good way to get on the wrong side of a firearm.
Stay in your car, take some deep breaths, and just move on with your day.
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