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A road-rage confrontation in Lapeer, Michigan, ended in gunfire at a Clark gas station on M-24. Arthur Lee Kohn, 33, was shot and killed on the morning of December 30, 2019, after a verbal altercation began when his truck was unintentionally blocked as another driver tried to exit the station.

Surveillance video shows the dispute reigniting when both men returned to the station. Jeffrey Lee Smith, who had a .38 Special in his car, fired after Kohn reached into Smith’s vehicle; Kohn was first shot in the arm, then swung a crowbar and was struck by a second, fatal shot to the chest. An autopsy reported Kohn had an elevated blood alcohol level and cocaine in his system. Smith initially claimed self-defense and was released, then prosecutors later filed charges including open murder and felonious assault.

Does anyone have additional information about what was captured on the surveillance footage or witnessed that morning?