Another road rage incident leaves NO Saints former player shot dead, wife injured [View all]

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Will Smith, former New Orleans Saints defensive end was shot dead in the incident.

New Orleans Police said Smith's vehicle was hit in the rear by a Hummer H2 while it was driving in the city at around 11:30 p.m. That caused Smith's Mercedes to hit the back of a Chevrolet, police added.

"The male victim and the driver of the Hummer exchanged words at which time the driver of the Hummer produced a handgun and shot the male victim multiple times," police said in a statement.

Smith's wife, 33, was shot twice in the leg. Police said Smith died at the scene but his wife survived and has been hospitalized.

Police said the 30-year-old Hummer driver was in custody and that a gun had been recovered but did not name the suspect.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/will-smith-former-new-orleans-saints-defensive-end-fatally-shot-n553651


This is awful. Just awful. Three more children left without a father because some jerk has access to a gun and uses it when angry.