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[Sedonee]

A driver got so angry on Saturday that he allegedly fired three or four shots into a Chevrolet pickup truck, grazing a 10-year-old boy's face, the Times-Picayune reports. It all started on the I-10 near New Orleans, where a 50-year-old man was driving the Chevy with his girlfriend's son in the back. Along came David Jackson Sr., traveling with his two sons and their mother in an Acura, police said. Jackson "flings a cigarette out the vehicle," a police sergeant told WWL. "So the red truck... cuts him off... and [Jackson] gets mad at that point." The two drivers kept cutting each other off until Jackson opened fire from the middle lane, according to a police report.

The Chevy driver then rammed Jackson and followed him to an intersection where he rammed him again, and police made their arrest. "I already knew my son had been shot, there was no way I was letting him go," the Chevy driver said, according to the sergeant. Now Jackson—who was already on parole for possessing a firearm and distributing drugs—is facing a bevy of charges including attempted second degree murder and possession of 19 grams of crack cocaine with intent to distribute, WDSU reports. The boy went into surgery to have bullet fragments removed from his sinus cavity, and may have to undergo plastic surgery.

[croemer]

Wow...not sure why I should be surprised.

[Sedonee]

Edita plays no favorites. She just is.

[bathina]

Agree. She's an equal opportunity watch dog.

[sidsmom]

"...was driving the Chevy with his girlfriend's son in the back. Along came David Jackson Sr., traveling with his two sons and their mother in an Acura, police said. Jackson "flings a cigarette out the vehicle,"

1. '..in the back'. Was the 10yr old in the bed of the pickup truck?

2. Why did a cigarette out of the car upset the pickup guy so much?

They both sound like trouble.

[Puzzle Piece]

On 6/23/2014 sidsmom said:

"...was driving the Chevy with his girlfriend's son in the back. Along came David Jackson Sr., traveling with his two sons and their mother in an Acura, police said. Jackson "flings a cigarette out the vehicle,"

1. '..in the back'. Was the 10yr old in the bed of the pickup truck?

2. Why did a cigarette out of the car upset the pickup guy so much?

They both sound like trouble.

I have the same concerns.

[raven-blackbird]

seems like it would simpler and cheaper just to a revocation hearing.............he's on parole, so he can't be in possession of a gun or drugs, a revocation hearing isn't going to cost the tax payers a ton of money because there is no jury......................................raven

[garmer]

He should face new charges too, though.