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 ...Read More
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