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| Attorney David Appleton has been involved in three road-rage incidents since March. His latest ended with Appleton fatally shooting an unarmed motorist. |
David Appleton, a Scottsdale defense attorney who once served as the president of the Phoenix Trial Lawyer's Association, fatally shot a motorist last week during an apparent road-rage incident.
Turns out, Appleton's got a bit of a history in the road-rage department.
According to court documents obtained by
New Times, Appleton's called Scottsdale police twice this year to report road-rage incidents. In both cases, police determined Appleton was the aggressor.
In March, Appleton -- who always travels with a gun in his vehicle "for protection" -- called 9-1-1 to report that he'd been cut off by another motorist and that he planned on pulling out his gun, presumably to scare or injure the other driver. The 9-1-1 operator advised him not to do it, but Appleton said he planned to anyway. In that case, Appleton didn't shoot anyone, and no charges were filed against him or the other motorist.
In another incident this year, Appleton called police to report that he spotted a woman driving 100 miles per hour. He followed her to her gated community where his pursuit of the woman ended without violence.
Neither Appleton or the other driver was cited, but police determined that based on the 9-1-1 call, Appleton was the aggressor.
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