Washington man fatally shot while trying to help deer cross the road

[Jilly_in_VA]

A Washington man was fatally shot while trying to help deer cross the road, authorities said.

Daniel Spaeth, 37, was attempting to slow traffic near his home to help the animals when he was shot on Sept. 7, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office.

His wife, Allissa Beckman-Spaeth, told authorities that she and her husband were in their driveway slowing northbound and southbound traffic. She had her back turned to Spaeth when she heard a "pop," court documents state.

When she turned around, she saw her husband in the roadway with a gunshot wound. Spaeth had been shot in his chest.

Deputies responded to the home located about 40 minutes north of Seattle around 7:45 p.m. and found the man dead.

The sheriff's office inspected surveillance video from nearby businesses and determined that the driver of a light-colored Lexus sedan was involved in the shooting.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/washington-man-fatally-shot-trying-help-deer-cross-road-rcna105281

Q: What's the difference between a Lexus and a porcupine? A: On a porcupine, the pricks are on the outside.

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[texasfiddler]

2. What is this world coming to? I think, I need a break from reading DU. Too F'ing depressing. NT

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3. "Don't come near me. Or my car. I'm afraid .."

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Picard told investigators that as he was driving, the car in front of him slowed. He said a man and a woman were in the roadway and he saw the man yelling at the car in front of him and hit it with his hands, according to the affidavit.

Picard reached for his gun because he was scared, and as the man approached his opened passenger-side window, he said he fired one shot to scare the man and woman. He said he did not know if the shot hit anyone, the documents state.

Neither the man nor the woman had touched his car, he told investigators. He did not stop after the shooting or try to call 911.