Mom teaching son how to drive killed in road rage shooting

[Ohiogal]

Sometimes I just don't have any words ...... how violent a society we have become ....

I hope this boy gets counseling and doesn't blame himself for his mom's death. My heart goes out to that family.

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MILWAUKEE, Wis. – A Wisconsin man was charged Wednesday in a fatal road rage incident that took the life of a mother who was teaching her son to drive.

Matthew Lee Wilks, 35, of Whitefish Bay faces one count of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Tracey Smith, 47, and one count of being a felon in possession of a gun.

According to the criminal complaint:

Smith's son told police he and his mother were driving Friday to Playmakers, a clothing store on Fond du Lac Avenue in Milwaukee. He said he that as he was turning left onto Fond du Lac, a gold van cut in front of him from the lane to his right and collided with the front passenger corner of his car.

He said he stopped in the intersection, and the van stopped. His mother got out of the passenger seat to inspect the damage. He saw Wilks open the van door and stand on the running board looking back.

Smith's son said his mother was yelling at Wilks when he said, "Bitch, I'll kill you," before shooting her once in the chest.

Smith said, "He shot me," and fell to the street. As her son and other bystanders ran to help her, Wilks did a U-turn and drove away.

Smith's son drove her to a hospital where she was pronounced dead about 35 minutes later, at 5:38 p.m

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"A felon in possession of a gun" ............

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/09/04/road-rage-shooting-mom-killed-while-teaching-son-drive-milwaukee/2215392001/

[hlthe2b]

1. No words, just overwhelming sadness.

and considerable despair...

[kcr]

3. Oh, happy day for you, then!

[cwydro]

6. I dislike generalizations.

Sorry if that bothers you.

[llashram]

4. this helps?

okay, I'll bite, a large MAJORITY of murderers like this are Caucasian. And while a handgun like as was possessed by Wilks can be bought on the streets, which is most likely to have happened, the high capacity weapons used by the mass killer(s) are legally obtained. Now, of course, discourse such as this will not bring the shooting victim back, this is not necessary as an answer to a sad and tragic story of someone having one of the 300-millions guns in private hands in America.

This is an offensive post.

[cwydro]

7. You might want to familiarize yourself with gun murders in this country.

It’ll be eye opening for you.

Interesting that my post is offensive, but you didn’t find the post claiming “white males” commit most murders in this country to be offensive.

[llashram]

9. I've never

commented on any "white males" commit more mass shootings. But I can't be drawn into a specious argument when all involved in this shooting appear to be African-American individuals. But enough, I see the pain of this tragedy eludes you.

[irisblue]

5. So useful a comment there. Thanks for it. 🤦

[cwydro]

8. Ever so welcome.

[alphafemale]

10. Was Wisconsin man a good guy with a gun?

Until he wasn't?

[KG]

16. a felon. so not this time.

[Newest Reality]

11. Become?

America has always been an rather aggressive and violent country from its inception onward. America has also been very adept at creating and maintaining a facade that contradicts that.

So, I think what we are seeing is that the pot is boiling over, but the water is the same.

[Marengo]

12. Felon eh? No doubt another one who would be first to queue up for a Federal gun registration scheme.

[irisblue]

13. He will be in a few hundred lines over the next year I imagine

[lpbk2713]

14. The times we live in.

It's unsettling to think when you are in a room of crowded people statistically
someone near you is capable of doing something like this with little provocation.

[Karadeniz]

15. One Christian value which is about never stressed is selfdiscipline. Christianity is opposed to

Anything that prevents soul from being sensed. This most certainly includes anger and violence. How I wish real Christianity were taught.