Apparent Road Rage Turns Into Alleged Shooting
A 21-year-old Irvington woman told police a man shot at her car twice while she drove through Millburn on her way to work at Livingston Mall.
An apparent road rage incident on South Orange Avenue resulted in an alleged shooting incident on Saturday afternoon, Millburn police said Monday.
According to the report, a 21-year-old Irvington woman was driving on South Orange Avenue in the South Mountain Reservation just after 1 p.m. on March 9.
She told police when she stopped at a red light at the intersection of Brookside Drive, she saw a man hanging out of the driver's side window of a small black pickup truck two cars back yelling.
"You'll get killed for stuff like that," the woman reported the man screamed.
She described the man as approximately 40 years old, white, short and skinny. He was wearing a black hat and a blue plaid shirt.
When the light turned green, she continued straight on the roadway in the left hand lane. The man in the pickup pulled up beside her on the right, police said.
According to the report, the man then leaned out the window, displayed a black handgun and fired two shots at the woman's car. The woman then turned left onto Old Short Hills Road and pulled into a residential driveway to collect herself.
After a few minutes, she continued to her job at the Livingston Mall, where she called Livingston Police to report the incident. Milburn Police also responded to take her statement.
According to the report, Millburn Police searched the area where the woman said the shooting occurred, but police were unable to find bullet casings.
Noreen Brunini
5:10 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
Glad she is ok, that sounds terrifying!
janyne di biase
6:09 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
There were no additional witnesses? They were the only two people on the road at the time? No residents heard the gun shots/called the police to corroborate?
Ken
7:18 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
This sounds seriously fishy.
janyne di biase
7:51 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
Well If she had called the police from the driveway in a timely manner, considering there is (or was) a police substation (Essex county) right there, the man would have been caught. Isn't there a traffic camera there?
LocalJoe
8:47 am on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
@janyne you assume she had a cell phone.there may have been witnesses who left the scene.
@ken what's fishy?
Be on the lookout for A short skinny white man on a small black pickup truck.
janyne di biase
9:04 am on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
@localjoe
Agreed. Has anyone else noticed an increase in crime in our area?
LocalJoe
10:33 am on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
@janyne there seems to be based on what I perceive to be an increase in media reports of car thefts and and home break ins.
janyne di biase
11:35 am on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
@localjoe. I have seen an increase in more than that.
Concerned Citizen
10:48 am on Monday, March 18, 2013
Crime is everywhere. No one town or city is exempt. Only better at keeping some things quiet
Boe Diddle
10:11 am on Thursday, March 28, 2013
This only happened because she was presumed to be unarmed in this commie state of NJ!
Apply for your CCW today so you can fight back against this lunatic in his black pickup truck! Where are all my 2nd amendment advocators!?