One person is dead after a road rage confrontation led to a shooting Monday night in Dallas, police say.
In a news release, the Dallas Police Department said officers were called at about 9:46 p.m. to a shooting along the southbound Central Expressway service road near Mockingbird Lane.
According to police, a 22-year-old man called 911 to report that a road rage incident led him to shoot another driver, who officers identified as a 36-year-old man.
Dallas Fire-Rescue paramedics took the other driver to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. His name will be released once next of kin are notified, police said.
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In an interview at Dallas Police Headquarters, the shooter said he was with his wife and 1-year-old child when he was followed and rammed multiple times by the man. He also said at one point the other driver blocked them on a one-way street and tried to get into their car.
The man opened fire through his window, striking the other driver.
No one else was hurt.
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The service road was briefly shut down overnight while crime scene detectives investigated.
The 22-year-old man was released while police investigated. The case is being referred to a Dallas County grand jury.
