Indiana Woman Shoots Biker In Road Rage Case

[Fenway]

Jeffersonville - A woman accused of shooting a man during a case of road rage and then calling for help may not face charges. The confrontation happened at a busy intersection in the southern Indiana community of Jeffersonville.

Witnesses say an aggressive motorcycle driver blocked an SUV from going around. When the two stopped, the motorcycle driver jumped off his bike. The driver of the SUV, Yolanda Parrish, hit the man with the vehicle door, picked up a gun and then shot him in the chest. Witnesses say Parrish and her 15-year-old son then stood over the man cursing before making this call to 911.

Dispatcher: "You need to put the gun down on the passenger side floor of the car."
Caller: "It is. I am out of the car."
Dispatcher: "Okay. Keep your hands on the either the hood or the roof of the car where they can see them and just stay there like that until the police get there so that way there is no mishaps, okay?"
Caller: "I put it up under the seat."

The motorcycle driver is in a medically-induced coma but he is expected to survive. Police say Parrish acted in self-defense. The prosecutor will decide if she'll face charges.

WTHR - Indianapolis News and Weather - Woman shoots motorcycle driver in apparent road rage case

[Hiram Abiff]

Everyone needs to click on the link and read some of the reader's comments. opcorn2:

[Ri22o]

Originally Posted by Hiram Abiff

Everyone needs to click on the link and read some of the reader's comments. opcorn2:

Will do.

[Ri22o]

I find the article's headline misleading too. It reads as if the woman was the one 'road raging'. Also, you RIDE a bike, you don't DRIVE a bike.

[Annie]

Originally Posted by Hiram Abiff

Everyone needs to click on the link and read some of the reader's comments. opcorn2:

Read? Heck no! POST!!
Like moi.

Edit: Oh great. "Message awaits moderator approval"
Well...that's one that'll never see the light of day.

[Fenway]

I could use some more details here. But I will say Yolanda would probably be in better legal shape right now had she taken our INGO class and sat through the legal portion at the end.

Originally Posted by Fenway

Witnesses say Parrish and her 15-year-old son then stood over the man cursing before making this call to 911.

Dispatcher: "You need to put the gun down on the passenger side floor of the car."
Caller: "It is. I am out of the car."
Dispatcher: "Okay. Keep your hands on the either the hood or the roof of the car where they can see them and just stay there like that until the police get there so that way there is no mishaps, okay?"
Caller: "I put it up under the seat."

[Pami]

Originally Posted by Annie

Read? Heck no! POST!!
Like moi.

Edit: Oh great. "Message awaits moderator approval"
Well...that's one that'll never see the light of day.

Woot! Annie!

unhappy about this
Thursday, June 19, 2008

She should be put away. You can't just shoot someone cause you exchange a few words. Maybe the prosecutor should be shot for not filing charges.

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Annie
Friday, June 20, 2008

She absolutely didn't have to shoot. She could have sat there and taken her unprovoked beating from a biker like a good sheep!
Sorry...sticks and stones may break my bones, but my .45 will stop you.

[Annie]

Originally Posted by Pami

Woot! Annie!

They gave that a pass?? Wow! I sure enough figured THAT wouldn't happen!
Thanks for posting it, Pami! I wasn't going back to see!

[dblagent]

Haha, that is a funny post Annie.

[Ri22o]

Annie, you