LATHROP, Calif.— California Highway Patrol (CHP) officials have arrested a man in connection with the June 15 shooting death of an Amazon truck driver.
According to the CHP, the agency’s Stockton Division arrested Andrew Christopher Watson, 29, on Saturday, June 24, in connection to the incident that killed 37-year-old North Carolina-based trucker Ilkhom Shodiev.
Witnesses told CBS13 this was a case of road rage, but police are still giving no motive.
Police said that surveillance footage and tips led to Watson’s arrest.
After he was shot, Shodiev’s big rig left the highway and crashed into the parking lot of a nearby strip mall, crashing into parked cars.
No other injuries were reported, police said.
“He was a person with a big heart he was like helpful he loved his family,” Durkahksh Sheralieva, a close family friend that translated for Ilkhom’s wife Shahnoza Jumaeva, told CBS 13.
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These truckers outlaw. I saw they are driving togethers slow and stop no 150ft apart. Or better. They do by pass and get around in peak hours and they did not help traffic change lanes and merging. They did make huge accidents on the interstate Hwy. with traffic ahead already in accidents they drove forward with brake and steering can not void extra accidents They drove and dangers the small cars and SUV and also minivan. They are not willing take more time in peak hours. Their companies that they worked for make them drive like that. The govern 65 mph it is not reach the traffic in front fast or slow or stop. But they did reach that the reason traffic jams and grid lock and caused accidents. All of them and their companies negligent. To grow earning. And including their dispatching. All way bull at well
I think they should give him the same amount of time in prison they gave the driver that got the outlandish amount of years for missing the runaway truck ramps. I also think he should have the death penalty. We as truckers are unprotected on many fronts and this needs to change in our society. If we the trucker are the backbone not the back burner of society then they should make a statement of this where people wake up and realize the severity of their actions and the cost of their actions.
Knightrain, as a late truckers daughter, I couldn’t agree with you more. As I always say ” Stay safe driver” when one of y’all pass by me.
ANOTHER FELON WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN JAIL, BUT DEMOCRATS FEEL SORRY FOR HIM WITH HIS RAP SHEET A MILE LONG!!!!