Incident turns deadly after man confronts road rage driver while another driver tries to carjack him

The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office is investigating a homicide in Lake Stevens that started with road rage and ended in a separate person getting shot to death after he tried to steal one of the road-ragers cars.

According to deputies, there was a road rage incident between a 23-year-old man and a woman on 84th Street NE around 4:25 p.m. The pair were both driving eastbound, and the woman was driving in front of the man. 

The man stopped his car and got out to confront the woman. 

As he was doing that, she told him that someone was trying to steal his vehicle behind him.

The 23-year-old went back to his car and got into a fight with a 41-year-old man who attempted to carjack him. During the fight, the 41-year-old was shot. 

He was pronounced dead at the scene. 

Detectives are asking the female witness, believed to be driving a gold Subaru, to contact the Sheriff’s Office at 425-407-3999.

The 23-year-old man is cooperating with detectives. No arrests have been made.

The investigation is ongoing. 

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