A pickup had stopped to help, and the onlookers who tried to help said the driver of the stuck auto was acting unusual.
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A Good Samaritan was shot and killed in North Carolina Friday evening after he tried to help a motorist who was stuck in the snow in North Carolina, police said. Police said he struck Lee once and then stood over his body and shot him “numerous times”.
Bullets flew after a group of people stopped to help the driver whose vehicle had slid off a road in Catawba at around 5:20pm on Friday. Lee became belligerentand the three men made a decision to call the police, authorities said. The driver, identified as Marvin Lee, was allegedly intoxicated.
He’s being held at the Catawba County Jail where he is now facing a murder charge.
The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office told ABC News that the people thought something was odd about the man, so they were going to call police.
After the shooting, Lee returned to his vehicle and refused to get out until SWAT arrived and found him passed out, police said.
According to Reid, Lee still had the murder weapon, a pistol, on him when he was arrested, WTVM reported.
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The identity of the victim has not yet been released.
