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Tuesday, October 19, 2004
A Preventable Tragedy?
But reading the description of the incident, something stuck out in the statement of the man who was driving the car:
[Stephanie] Dover?s fiance, Grover ?Gene? Derrick Jr., who was driving the car, told authorities someone in a Chevrolet pickup started shooting at their black Buick under the Broad River Road bridge, the incident report shows.
Derrick slowed down, and the truck passed. He then began to follow the truck until someone inside started firing again, according to the report.
"He then began to follow the truck until someone inside started firing again." Why did Derrick continue to follow the car that shot at him? Perhaps he was trying to get the license plate number. Perhaps he was stuck on the interstate and couldn't change lanes. Perhaps he thought he could get close enough to ID the shooter.
When the gunman saw the car he'd shot at following him, he fired again, and Stephanie Dover lost her life. I can't help but wonder why they didn't just run away.