I frequently drive home from work to 41st Street on the arterial where Steven Whitemarsh wasa allegedly shot by Simeon Berkley, who was charged in San Diego County 30 years ago for attempted manslaughter (paralyzing the man) in a vehicular incident (“Road rage suspect allegedly shot man he said ‘was chasing’ him,” The Herald, July 9).
After-work traffic frequently stops for school buses, so the pleasant neighborhood has children. Laws in both Washington and California must be changed to prevent road-rage shootings. Anyone who shows a gun, whether exonerated from prosecutor’s charges, must be sent to a victims of gun violence panel. Furthermore, he or she must undergo an anger assessment by a qualified psychologist or anger management specialist, and do what the assessment requires of him or her.
Rosemarie Dickson Cook
Everett
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