We had this case locally last year where a US Customs agent got into a road rage incident with a 65 year old man and followed him into a post office parking lot and ended up getting shot.
After being originally charged w/ first degree murder, the grand jury returned with a manslaughter charge after hearing the witness accounts. Now mind you, the customs agent did all of this with his 12 y.o. daughter in the car and he ended up getting shot in front of her. The 65 y.o. had a concealed weapon permit and the agent never identified himself as a LEO. I think the only reason they returned with the manslaughter charge is he shot the agent as he was walking away. Lot's of untold details but rumors say the agent was either carrying and flashed his weapon to the 65 y.o. guy who then shot the customs agent or he told the guy he was going to his car to get a gun.
http://cbs4.com/local/killer.post.office.2.805245.html
Grand Jury Charges Manslaughter In Agent's Death
James Wonder Admitted To Shooting Donald Pettit
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBS4) ―
James Patrick Wonder of Miramar was indicted on a charge of manslaughter in the shooting of federal agent Donald Pettit
Members of a Broward grand jury have indicted James Wonder on charge of manslaughter in the death of federal agent Donald Pettit.
Wonder, 65, is currently being held without bond in the shooting death of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent who was gunned down Aug. 5 in a Pembroke Pines post office parking lot.
If Wonder had been indicted on first or second degree murder charges, he could have faced life in prison or possibly the death penalty if convicted. Under the charge of manslaughter, he faces up to 15 years in prison.
A police report on Pettit's death cites road rage as the cause of the murder; it also paints a picture of Pettit acting aggressively against Wonder who admits to pulling the trigger.
Pembroke Pines police say Wonder and Pettit were involved in some verbal exchange on Dykes Road, where Wonder may have been driving erratically; the two men exchanged places on the road, one cutting off the other car.
Police say both men traded insulting middle finger gestures, which ended when Wonder pulled into the post office. Pettit passed the post office then turned back into the post office parking lot where Wonder had parked.
Both men got out of their car, according to the police department's probable cause report, and continued their argument. The report said Wonder admitted to reaching into his waistband, pulling a handgun and shooting Pettit once in the head.
Deputy Chief Mike Segarra said Pettit was shot in the back of the head.
Segarra was unable to say if Pettit had business in the post office and pulled in to do that business, or if he was there only because of the confrontation with Wonder.
Wonder was taken into custody by investigators at the Universal Kidney Center in Davie.
Neighbors said they were "all in shock," when they learned about the crime. Wonder remains jailed on a charge of first degree murder.