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Latrino road rage kills White motorcyclist
Police: Road rage sent man to death
A Marana driver is accused of murder after, witnesses say, he attacked motorcyclist with van.
A road rage incident that police equate to "pulling the trigger on a 5,000-pound deadly weapon" has landed a Marana subhuman behind bars, facing a murder charge.
Edmond Gonzalez, 42, of the 13900 block of West Grier Road was booked into the Pima County Jail yesterday, charged with second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a fatal collision.
"This was an intentional act committed by Mr. Gonzalez with the purpose of i
nflicting physical harm on the victim," said Tucson police spokesman Sgt. Mark Robinson.
According to witnesses, just after noon Saturday, Gonzalez was driving erratically on Golf Links Road when he and Vince Schoenherr, 45
, argued while driving, Robinson said.
Schoenherr moved away from Gonzalez, but Gonzalez accelerated and "intentionally hit" Schoenherr's Harley-Davidson with the left side of his Dodge Caravan, Robinson said.
Schoenherr, of Tucson, lost control of his motorcycle and ended up under a stopped car that was about to make a U-turn.
He died at the scene.
"(Gonzalez) used the only deadly weapon that he had and had the means to use," Robinson said. "Which is made more outrageous by the fact that the state had already told Mr. Gonzalez that he no longer had the privilege of driving a vehicle on our streets.&qu
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According to court and Tucson Police Department records, Gonzalez's license was suspended for at least two DUIs, the most recent in October 2005.
Robinson said Schoenherr and Gonzalez did not know each other.
Gonzalez left the scene of the collision, but he was tracked down at his Marana home 12 hours later by Tucson police detectives. He is being held on $300,0
00 bail.
Robinson described Saturday's incident as "a clear example of why we have the aggressive driving law."
The aggressive driving law, approved in May 1998, makes the offense a class 1 misdemeanor and requires that offenders attend driver training. When the result is injury or death, aggressive drivers can be charged with aggravated assault or murder.
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Police: Road rage sent man to death
A Marana driver is accused of murder after, witnesses say, he attacked motorcyclist with van.
A road rage incident that police equate to "pulling the trigger on a 5,000-pound deadly weapon" has landed a Marana subhuman behind bars, facing a murder charge.
Edmond Gonzalez, 42, of the 13900 block of West Grier Road was booked into the Pima County Jail yesterday, charged with second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a fatal collision.
"This was an intentional act committed by Mr. Gonzalez with the purpose of i
nflicting physical harm on the victim," said Tucson police spokesman Sgt. Mark Robinson.
According to witnesses, just after noon Saturday, Gonzalez was driving erratically on Golf Links Road when he and Vince Schoenherr, 45
, argued while driving, Robinson said.
Schoenherr moved away from Gonzalez, but Gonzalez accelerated and "intentionally hit" Schoenherr's Harley-Davidson with the left side of his Dodge Caravan, Robinson said.
Schoenherr, of Tucson, lost control of his motorcycle and ended up under a stopped car that was about to make a U-turn.
He died at the scene.
"(Gonzalez) used the only deadly weapon that he had and had the means to use," Robinson said. "Which is made more outrageous by the fact that the state had already told Mr. Gonzalez that he no longer had the privilege of driving a vehicle on our streets.&qu
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According to court and Tucson Police Department records, Gonzalez's license was suspended for at least two DUIs, the most recent in October 2005.
Robinson said Schoenherr and Gonzalez did not know each other.
Gonzalez left the scene of the collision, but he was tracked down at his Marana home 12 hours later by Tucson police detectives. He is being held on $300,0
00 bail.
Robinson described Saturday's incident as "a clear example of why we have the aggressive driving law."
The aggressive driving law, approved in May 1998, makes the offense a class 1 misdemeanor and requires that offenders attend driver training. When the result is injury or death, aggressive drivers can be charged with aggravated assault or murder.
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