9/3/14 - An attorney representing the wife of a Howell man shot dead Tuesday in what police believe was a road rage incident, says the couple was on their way to pick up their children from the first day of school when the confrontation occurred. Attorney William Moore released a statement today identifying the dead man as 43-year-old Derek Flemming (pictured). Moore said that Flemming and his wife Amy were driving eastbound on Grand River at about 3:35pm Tuesday when a pickup truck almost cut them off near National Street. When they stopped at the light at Chilson Road, Moore says Mr. Flemming exited his vehicle and approached the pickup to ask that driver to slow down. He says that's when the pickup truck driver, a 69 year old also from Howell, shot and killed Flemming. Moore went on to say he hoped "police and prosecutors do their job in bringing the man responsible to justice." Moore added that the suspect, "...shot an unarmed man in broad daylight with multiple witnesses, including Mrs. Flemming. He needs to be removed from our community and locked behind bars." The suspect, who police have declined to identify, remains jailed pending the issuance of charges. Livingston County Prosecutor William Vailliencourt told WHMI this morning that no charges would be filed until he had an opportunity to fully examine the police report. (JK)
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