DoorDash driver who fatally shot man while delivering baby formula told cops he 'had stuff to do': Police

A 32-year-old DoorDash operator successful Idaho is accused of killing a man, allegedly shooting him successful beforehand of thousands of witnesses — including the victim's woman — aft becoming impatient with the assemblage portion trying to present babe look during a lantern festival.

Edsel Robert Johnson was taken into custody and charged with 1 number each of first-degree murder, reckless driving, and artillery successful the slaying of Bradley Allen Rex, tribunal records show.

The shooting occurred soon aft 7 p.m. Saturday astatine the Stateline Speedway successful Post Falls, wherever a assemblage had gathered for the Night Lights Sky Lantern Festival, according to a probable origin affidavit obtained by Spokane, Washington, ABC affiliate KXLY.

Johnson reportedly called 911 himself to study the shooting, telling the dispatcher the antheral helium changeable had struck his conveyance with something. He allegedly claimed helium "didn't privation to sprout him but had worldly to do."

Witnesses reportedly told investigators they saw Johnson honking his horn arsenic helium drove a metallic van the incorrect mode connected Beck Road astatine a precocious complaint of speed, contempt the thoroughfare being packed with pedestrians. While astir yet moved retired of Johnson's way, Rex reportedly refused.

Rex's wife, who was astatine the scene, told investigators her hubby was attempting to support bystanders from the erratic driver, The Spokesman-Review reported. When the van approached, Rex refused to determination retired of the roadworthy and allegedly swung a folding seat astatine the broadside of the conveyance arsenic it passed connected the shoulder.

The confrontation reportedly escalated quickly. Some witnesses reported that Johnson stopped the van, got out, and proceeded to onslaught Rex by punching him and throwing him onto the ground. One witnesser adjacent described Rex being "body slammed" into a ditch. Johnson past reportedly returned to his driver's seat. When the unarmed Rex approached the driver's broadside window, Johnson allegedly fired a azygous changeable done the unfastened model and drove away.

The shooting was captured connected witnesser video, which reportedly shows Rex falling down an embankment and past approaching the conveyance arsenic the doorway was closing. The footage shows Johnson's manus emerging from the van with a tiny achromatic entity earlier pointing it astatine Rex, who past collapsed to the ground.

Detectives noted that portion being detained, Johnson made respective excited utterances, telling instrumentality enforcement that helium "messed up" and the shooting "should not person happened."

In an interrogation with detectives, Johnson told investigators helium was delivering babe look erstwhile things "got crazy." He admitted to slamming the unfortunate to the crushed during the archetypal altercation and said that erstwhile Rex ran backmost astatine his door, helium "reacted. Bad."

Johnson allegedly said, "I person nary thought wherefore I did that," and "He was pulling my door. What was I expected to do?" He besides reportedly admitted that his ain impatience fueled the fatal encounter. "Why didn't helium conscionable get retired of my way?" Johnson allegedly asked detectives. He added that portion helium felt bad, the "dude is dormant implicit nothing."

During a tribunal quality connected Monday, a justice characterized the shooting arsenic a captious nonaccomplishment of judgment, according to footage provided by Spokane CBS affiliate KREM. "You made an highly fatal and captious determination that time and arsenic a effect of that determination a subordinate of our assemblage present mislaid his life, his household mislaid a father, a brother," the justice said.

Johnson is presently being held successful the Kootenai County Jail without bond, records show. It was not instantly wide erstwhile helium was scheduled to instrumentality to court.