A New Hampshire man who shot and killed one other man after a terrifying highway rage incident was cleared of wrongdoing, with the state lawyer basic ruling the capturing was in self protection.
“I’ve got a flat tire, this mother (expletive) keeps ramming me, and I’m about to shoot him in his (expletive) face,” Shane Miller informed dispatchers shortly earlier than his automotive was disabled and the 2 males confronted off on Nice Avenue in Littleton, New Hampshire.
The 911 name recording from round 11:15 p.m. on Sept. 16, 2024, then “captured squealing tires … the sounds of a vehicle crash, a car door opening, and then ten gunshots being fired in rapid succession.” It additionally recorded Miller’s voice saying “I didn’t want to kill you! … I’m sorry, I didn’t (expletive) mean that.”
Eric Rexford, 38, would die of a number of gunshot wounds. Miller, 44, mentioned he acted in self protection, which the lawyer basic’s workplace affirmed following an investigation.
“The use of deadly force by Shane Miller was justified,” the investigation report concludes. “In addition, even if the shooting was not justified, there would be insufficient evidence to disprove Mr. Miller’s claim of self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt. As such, no charges will be filed against Shane Miller in the shooting death of Eric Rexford.”
The stress between the 2 males started at a mutual buddy’s home at Coreys Cell Dwelling Park in Littleton, when Rexford accused Miller of sleeping together with his girlfriend, in response to the report. Because the dialogue escalated, Miller determined to depart and “drive to a local convenience store for cigarettes and beer.”
However Rexford wasn’t carried out with him. When Miller referred to as Rexford to clarify that there was no dishonest occurring in an effort to forestall additional “drama,” Rexford informed him he was ready for him in his driveway. As Miller, behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Equinox, cautiously approached his home, Rexford pulled up behind him in his Subaru Impreza and started a chase that acquired as quick as 60 mph.
Police would discover Miller mendacity subsequent to his Equinox, which had no less than one popped tire and intensive physique harm. One other 911 caller reported {that a} bumper was mendacity within the highway in entrance of his home.
Miller informed police that Rexford had chased him “all over town” earlier than the conclusion in entrance of the laundromat. Rexford, he mentioned, had simply stored ramming his automobile, inflicting him to spin out each time and that Miller stored various his velocity in order that there wouldn’t be a high-speed collision. With the ultimate ramming, Rexford had Miller’s disabled automotive pinned firmly up in opposition to a sidewalk and there was no extra room for Miller to maneuver.
The report consists of intensive summaries of interviews with a number of eye witnesses, which again up Miller’s claims that Rexford was chasing him and ramming his automobile. That features a male passenger in Rexford’s automobile throughout all the ordeal, who mentioned “he felt unable to do anything once Mr. Rexford saw Mr. Miller’s car, and began chasing Mr. Miller and repeatedly ramming into him.”
He mentioned that Rexford would drive within the op[posing lane or on the grass so he might get at Miller’s automobile higher and that Rexford ignored his repeated requests to be set free of the automotive.
A medical expert mentioned that Rexford suffered eight gunshot wounds: to his proper cheek, his chest, his stomach, his proper arm, his proper thigh, his left knee, and his proper index finger. A toxicological report revealed that Rexford had amphetamine, cocaine, methamphetamine, marihuana, alcohol, and processed metabolites of the identical medicine in his system. His blood alcohol content material was examined at 0.16, double the authorized restrict.
