Prosecutor Declines To Charge Shooter In Deadly Road Rage Case

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SPARTA, Mich. (AP/WWJ) - A prosecutor says a man who fatally shot another during a road-rage dispute in western Michigan won't face criminal charges.

The Grand Rapids Press reports Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker said Friday that prosecutors couldn't prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the 43-year-old shooter didn't act in self-defense. The man had a valid license to carry a concealed weapon.

Twenty-year-old Donald Dudley of Bailey died following the shooting in May near Sparta and his 18-year-old brother was seriously injured.

The men were in a car driven by a 22-year-old woman. She initially fled after shots were fired but stopped and called 911.

Becker wrote in a report that the brothers were the aggressor, with the altercation being "at least two-on-one." The shooter told investigators he acted in self-defense.