An 83-year-old Black man and Korean War veteran was arrested after he tried to protect a woman involved in an apparent road rage incident in the parking lot of an Amazon Fresh in Los Angeles on May 30.
The trouble began when a 31-year-old man driving a white pickup truck erratically drove into the Amazon Fresh parking lot on the 6800 block of La Cienega Boulevard at approximately 4 p.m., according to witnesses.
One witness, Daymon Moses, said the man was “screeching his tires and screeched to a stop.”
Moses said that an older woman, who is reportedly a neighbor of the 83-year-old man, later identified as Richard Strickland, then pulled into the parking lot driving a black Lexus, and the 31-year-old man, later identified as YanCarlos Santiago, began yelling at her.
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“I don’t know. I’m assuming it’s some road rage type thing,” said Moses. “I was like, ‘Just get back in your car. Why are you getting out of your car?’ She was like, ‘I live right here.’”
The veteran reportedly came outside in his robe and slippers armed with a gun to protect the woman from Santiago, who then began yelling at him, according to LAPD Capt. Kelly Muniz, Strickland shot Santiago during a dispute involving the female acquaintance.
One witness, Tracey Knox, told Fox 11 News that Strickland warned Santiago he had a gun, but Santiago took off his shirt like he was planning to fight the 83-year-old man and called him racial slurs.
“The older man pulled out the gun,” said Knox. “He pulled it out twice; first time he pulled it out like a warning and then as he was going to put it away he turned his back, the Latino gentleman took off his shirt like he was going to fight and started spewing derogatory statements at him and at that point the Black…
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