Arizona woman arrested for road-rage murder of Chinese student, 19, shot in her car at red light
PUBLISHED : Monday, 18 January, 2016, 8:45am
UPDATED : Monday, 18 January, 2016, 9:30am
Associated Press in Tempe, Arizona
A booking photo for Holly Davis, who has been charged with the first-degree murder of Chinese student Yue Jiang. Photo: Tempe Police Department
Arizona police have arrested a woman for shooting dead a teenage Chinese student in a road rage incident, which allegedly took place after the woman crashed into the female student’s car while it waited at a red light.
Tempe police Lieutenant Michael Pooley said Sunday that 32-year-old Holly Davis has been booked on three charges including first-degree murder.
According to police, Davis’ vehicle was involved in a collision at a busy intersection around 2.40 pm Saturday. Davis allegedly got out of her car and fired several shots into the other vehicle, hitting Yue Jiang, a student at Arizona State University several times.
Pooley says Jiang then drove her vehicle into another car carrying a family of five. Nineteen-year-old Jiang was taken to a hospital where she died.
Holly Davis, 32, was arrested for a suspected homicide after she shot and killed a woman during a traffic collision in Tempe. Photo: SCMP PicturesThe family did not suffer serious injuries.
ASU released a statement on Sunday which said: “Regarding yesterday’s incident where ASU student Yue Jiang was killed, we just want to say that fellow students are being encouraged to talk with counsellors.”
A student named Yue Jiang is listed at ASU as a finance undergraduate in the WP Carey School of Business.
ABC news quoted Tempe police as saying that Jiang was waiting at a stop light in the city in a Mercedes when another car crashed into it. Jiang’s male passenger got out to inspect the damage and saw the female driver of the other vehicle walk towards Jiang’s car with a gun before she opened fire into the driver’s window.
Davis was arrested after being tracked down via her car’s number plate.
