A quarrel between two drivers on the road led to the shooting and severe injury of a 40-year-old resident of Rishon Lezion near the Shiva interchange on Thursday night. The arrest of the shooter, a 24-year-old Ma’ale Adumim security guard, was extended by four days over the weekend. During his interrogation he noted that the driver who was shot ran towards him with some object. He said the first shot was fired in the air and as the driver continued to run he fired another shot in his direction.
MDA staff who arrived at the scene following a report of the incident treated the wounded and evacuated him in critical condition to Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital. The shooter, who was at the scene and was the one who called the rescue forces, was arrested by the police.
The investigation revealed that the reason for the shooting was a conflict between drivers. Police say the shooter, who was driving with his partner, was driving wildly at one point. His vehicle was standing on a traffic jam at a traffic light junction when the vehicle of The man who was shot stopped a few meters away from him. The shooter ran towards him and held something in his hand. He first pulled out the gun, warned the driver by firing in the air and then fired another shot to neutralize him.
“Follow the rules”
At the end of the week, the suspect in the shooting was brought to the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court to extend his detention. At the hearing, the defense attorney argued that according to his client, the other driver was driving wildly, interfering with his driving, cutting him off and almost “taking him” off the road.
According to the defense, “I really do not take lightly the consequences of the suspect’s act. The results are for classic self-defense, and in my opinion the claim could not be contradicted. “The other complained, and even fired in the air before aiming a weapon at the other. In my opinion, he followed the same rules that are customary,” he said.
As stated, Judge Adi Jakubowicz extended the suspect’s detention by four days on suspicion of committing injury offenses when the offender is armed and attempting to indifferently cause a person’s death. She noted in her decision that there is an evidentiary basis establishing a reasonable suspicion against the suspect for the offenses for which he was suspected.