Michael Adam Mahan, 47, was killed on September 3, 2025 after a road-rage encounter in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. The situation escalated after Zuetlau allegedly broke Mahan’s passenger-side mirror, reportedly recorded on Zuetlau’s GoPro. The vehicles stopped at Central Avenue and Corporate Terrace and a physical struggle followed.

During that struggle, Zuetlau allegedly produced a firearm and shot Mahan multiple times. Officers who responded to the 4300 block of Central Avenue found Mahan in the roadway; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Zuetlau reportedly called police to report the shooting and was taken into custody near the scene. He was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Division and booked into the Garland County Detention Center on multiple charges, including first-degree murder, a terroristic act, first-degree criminal mischief, and discharging a firearm inside city limits, and was being held without bond.

If anyone witnessed the confrontation on Central Avenue or has additional information, please share what is known.