Miranda Lopez, left, died after her sister Lisa honked her horn at an erratic driver, who then chased the sisters and shot at them (Photos: KVUE)
A 21 year-old girl was shot lifeless in a highway rage assault after her sister honked their horn at an erratic driver. Miranda Lopez was fatally wounded on December 26 after her sister Lisa issued a warning honk at one other automobile they noticed racing round in circles at a roundabout in Austin, Texas.
Afterwards, the automobile – described as a dark-colored sedan – started chasing Lisa and Miranda. The frightened sisters, who had been driving house from dinner, pulled over, just for the sedan to cease as properly, and its driver to start taking pictures at them.
Miranda pulled out her gun and shot again, and was then shot within the head by the highway rage driver. She was declared mind lifeless shortly afterwards, however saved on life assist till Tuesday so her organs could possibly be donated.
Miranda’s devastated father JR Lopez advised KVUE: ‘I’ve misplaced my child. I’m not going to listen to my child’s coronary heart no extra. I’m not going to listen to your voice. I’m not going to hug you.
‘I’m not going to listen to her inform me she loves me. I can’t inform her I like her. My child. Please, please, assist me catch these individuals. They’re animals. They need to go to jail for all times at the very least, at the very least. My household is devastated. My daughter is blaming herself.
‘And I’m afraid for my daughter and her mom as a result of they hold saying they’ll’t stay with that.’
Lopez is urging anybody with data to contact police, who’re urgently investigating his daughter’s killing. It’s unclear how many individuals had been within the different automobile, and if the shooter was a person or a girl.
Austin Police have launched a nonetheless from a surveillance digicam displaying the Lopez’s automobile being pursued by a darkish automobile they assume had the killer inside.
Lisa has arrange a GoFundMe page to pay for funeral bills.
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