LACEY, Wash. — The Lacey Police Department (LPD) says a man was shot and killed in a road rage incident on December 19.
At around 8:50 p.m. near Willamette Drive Northeast and Marvin Roads Northwest, officers found a 48-year-old man in the roadway with a gunshot wound and he was later pronounced dead at the scene.
LPD says a 24-year-old man who called 911 allegedly admitted to the shooting and he was arrested near the scene.
Witnesses told police the shooting stemmed from a road rage incident where the victim reportedly got out of his car and exchanged words with the suspect before the suspect allegedly fired a gunshot from inside his car, according to Lacey police.
The 24-year-old suspect was booked into the Thurston County Jail, facing one charge of second-degree murder.