A man killed in an apparent road-rage shooting near Philadelphia on Wednesday was fatally shot by someone who thought he was driving too slow, police said.
A man lost his life because he was too slow in rush-hour traffic, Springfield Township Police Chief Joseph Daly said at a news conference. It is just not acceptable. King Hua, 54, was killed at a red light about 8: 40 a.m. on State Road, police and the district attorney said.
A dark sport utility vehicle used the shoulder to pull ahead of Hua's car, and then a male passenger got out and fired two shots through Hua's windshield, Daly said.
The murder in Springfield Township, a community of around 25,000 around 10 miles west of downtown Philadelphia, is a result of witnesses, Daly said.
Hua was driving, and his wife was in the car, officials said.
After Hua was shot, his car went forward and struck a work van, police said.
The advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety, which supports gun restrictions, said in April that 2021 was the worst year on record for road-rage shootings. The Gun Violence Archive data was analyzed by the group.
The analysis found that nearly 400 people were wounded and 130 more were fatally shot during encounters with aggressive drivers last year, compared to 225 injured and 68 killed in 2019.