Benjamin Merritt was a 34-year-old white man whose Friday morning began like countless other commutes�until it ended in violence along northbound Highway 141 near Gravois Bluffs Boulevard in Fenton, Missouri. Investigators and local reporting describe a road-rage dispute between Merritt and another driver that escalated after both vehicles stopped in the roadway. Police were dispatched around 8:10 a.m. after a call about a traffic hazard and arrived to find multiple vehicles pulled over and a ma ...Read More
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