Woman fatally shot in apparent road-rage incident in Texas

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

A woman was fatally shot in the head on a Fort Worth, Texas, area road in a reported road-rage incident this week, police said Tuesday.

Paola Nunez Linares, 37, and her husband were driving in Hurst, a city between Fort Worth and Dallas, shortly after 9 p.m. when she was shot, Hurst police said in a statement.

She was struck in the head, and paramedics rushed her to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.

Zane Jones, her husband, told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth he was behind the wheel when he flipped off a car that was driving aggressively. The gunman fired at the couple's minivan, and his wife was shot in the back of the head, Jones said.

“I need him caught, I need him prosecuted, I need him in prison. I need him to know he didn’t just fire a gun into a car, ‘the end,’” Jones told the station. “He killed someone who’s not like anyone.”

The advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety, which calls for stricter laws around firearms, said in May that road-rage injuries and deaths from guns have increased every year since 2018.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-fatally-shot-apparent-road-rage-incident-texas-rcna93776

[TreasonousBastard]

1. This is so disturbing to read. More cameras is an easy answer, but...

not necessarily the best one.

[Ziggysmom]

2. Such a waste and disrespect for life. I'm afraid to even make eye contact with other drivers.

I'd never give someone the finger when driving; you don't know if they're crazy and carrying a weapon.

[LoisB]

3. Disgusting. Flipping someone off should not be punishable by death (in this case, the totally

innocent person). Guns, guns, guns. You looked at me, POW! You pulled up next to me, POW! You knocked on my door, POW! You turned around in my driveway, POW! and on and on...what a sick society.

[Artcatt]

5. We must assume that a significant portion of the population is

not too tightly wrapped but very well-armed.

[LoisB]

7. Sadly, you are correct.

[Irish_Dem]

13. I agree, if drivers have their family in the car, they should not be aggressive when driving.

[sarisataka]

15. Drivers should not drive aggressively

In any situation IMHO

[MagickMuffin]

4. Too f'ing close to home

Paola Nunez Linares, rest in power and may justice come to your families aid.


I was wondering where this happened and it looked like it was north loop 820, which is a nightmare for traffic. I finally decided to avoid that area because of the hostile environment. I have a less stressful ride home and better scenery.

[C Moon]

6. I know it's tough sometimes, but the what I think when someone is aggressive toward me:

"I don't want that person to be a part of my life."
Because if you fall into the "flipping off" trap, it could well happen that you will either be injured or see them in court.
You weren't out on the road to get into a fight, you were on the road to get somewhere. Just go there.

[LoisB]

8. Yep.

[GenThePerservering]

9. These types are trying to get a rise out of people

so they have an 'excuse' to act like this, and do horrible things.

Don't give them the satisfaction - the only thing they should be seeing is your back as you walk away - that neuters them.

[dalton99a]

10. Ignore the assholes. They are not worth a second of your life.

[Liberal In Texas]

11. Anymore you just can't honk at somebody or do the one finger salute.

There's no telling what kind of mentally disturbed person is driving that car that just about ran you off the road. And there's no telling if that enraged person has a gun and is just itching for an excuse to use it.

What a country we've become.

[Paladin]

12. +1000. (nt)

[vercetti2021]

14. Or simply having a political sticker on your car

Someone tried to run me off the road for my trans lives matter sticker on mine. Only time I pulled my gun on someone.