Joseph Bailey III, 44, was killed in a road rage incident in Port Orange, Florida, on September 13, 2015. Bailey was driving a pickup truck when a van driven by 63-year-old locksmith Robert Gelles rear-ended him at South Ridgewood and Dunlawton avenues. Witnesses said the vehicles appeared to be racing or otherwise engaged in a heated confrontation before the crash.

After the collision Bailey exited his truck and approached Gelles’ van; witnesses reported Bailey raised his arms and pointed a finger but was unarmed when Gelles shot him in the chest. The bullet punctured a lung, passed through the heart, and caused Bailey’s death. Gelles was charged with second-degree murder; his defense invoked Florida’s stand-your-ground claim while witnesses testified Bailey made no threatening moves and was shot almost immediately upon reaching the driver-side door.

In October 2016 a jury found Gelles guilty of second-degree murder, and in December 2016 he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.