20-year-old National Guardsman killed in Dallas road rage shooting, police say
Officers responded about 7:30 p.m. Thursday to a report of a shooting on eastbound LBJ Freeway at the Haymarket Road exit.
DALLAS — A 20-year-old man was fatally shot in an apparent road rage incident in southeast Dallas, police said.
Officers responded about 7:30 p.m. Thursday to a report of a shooting on eastbound LBJ Freeway at the Haymarket Road exit, according to a police news release.
When they arrived, they found the victim, Reginald Jeffery, inside his vehicle with a gunshot wound. Dallas Fire-Rescue took Jeffery to a hospital, where he died.
Witnesses told police that a dark-color SUV may have been involved in the shooting, according to the news release.
Police on Friday were still investigating the shooting. Officials said the motive in the shooting appeared to be road rage.
Jeffery, according to his mother, was a National Guardsman. She is now asking for help finding the suspected shooter.
Photos: Reginald Jeffery, killed in road rage shooting
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Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact homicide detective Tonya McDaniel at 214-671-4236 or by email at
tonya.mcdaniel@dallascityhall.com.
Tipsters can also be called into Crime Stoppers, which will offer up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest and indictment. Crime Stoppers tips can be called in at 214-373-TIPS (8477).
On Dec. 6,
Carl Edmiston, 54, was fatally shot on U.S. 75 near the Woodall Rodgers exit. Edmiston was driving with his 17-year-old son when the shooting happened.
It was the second road rage shooting on U.S. 75 in less than a week. The first happened near
75 and Forest Lane, where a 34-year-old man fatally shot a 37-year-old man, police said.
Police said they've
upped patrol efforts to help curb road rage but asked for drivers to "let cooler heads prevail" in those situations.
I feel like the DFW has to lead the nation in road rage murders
