A road‑rage dispute in Everett, Washington, ended in a fatal shooting on July 6, 2019. Steven Whitemarsh, a 49-year-old Safeway manager and father of three, was sitting in the driver’s seat of his Lincoln Navigator with his seatbelt fastened when he was shot twice in the head through an open window after a collision on Glenwood Avenue that followed aggressive driving on Mukilteo Boulevard.

Witnesses at the scene described shots being fired and one person began recording video as the aftermath unfolded. The shooter, 74-year-old Simeon Berkley, left the scene briefly and made statements attributing the confrontation to being chased and claiming self-defense. Prosecutors said Berkley intentionally caused the collision and that Whitemarsh did not pose an imminent threat after the crash.

A jury rejected Berkley’s self-defense claim and convicted him of second-degree murder. In April 2021 a judge sentenced Berkley to 22 years in prison.