“路怒”嫌犯涉“一級謀殺罪”

美國亞利桑那州坦佩市警方17日說，一名19歲的中國女留學(xué)生當(dāng)?shù)貢r(shí)間16日下午駕車時(shí)遭槍殺，當(dāng)?shù)鼐揭呀?jīng)逮捕了涉嫌開槍的32歲女子霍莉•戴維斯。有律師介紹稱，如果戴維斯“一級謀殺罪”的指控成立，她可能面臨終身監(jiān)禁甚至死刑。

Mourners place flowers at the site where Chinese student Jiang Yue was shot and killed in an apparent road rage incident on Jan 16 in Temple, Arizona. A memorial was held Monday afternoon at the location where more than 200 people, including the victim's fellow students, members of the Chinese community and local residents, gathered to mourn her death. [Photo courtesy of Kristine Liu / chinadaily.com.cn]

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The student, Yue Jiang, 19, died after being shot, police said. Holly Davis, 32, has been charged with first-degree murder.

19歲的中國留學(xué)生江玥中槍后身亡。32歲的嫌犯霍莉•戴維斯被控一級謀殺罪。

16日下午，受害人江玥駕駛汽車，在交叉路口等紅燈時(shí)被后車追尾(be involved in a collision at an intersection)。江玥車上一名男性友人下車檢查車輛損壞情況(assess the damage)，發(fā)現(xiàn)肇事車女司機(jī)竟持槍走下車來。肇事者來到車前，向江玥連開數(shù)槍(fire several shots)。江玥中槍后無法控制車輛(lose control of her vehicle)，失控撞上另一輛車(crash into another car)。隨后嫌犯駕車逃逸(flee the scene)。

嫌犯戴維斯將被控訴4項(xiàng)重罪：一級謀殺罪(first-degree premeditated murder)、持致命武器重度攻擊他人罪(aggravated assault with a deadly weapon)、持致命武器行為不當(dāng)罪(disorderly contact with a deadly weapon)以及私藏致命武器罪(prohibited possession)。

這起案件被美國媒體稱為“路怒槍擊”，但警方調(diào)查顯示，戴維斯可能醉酒或?yàn)E用藥物，且存在精神疾病和暴力傾向，事因并非簡單的“路怒”(road rage)。

在美國刑法中，一級謀殺罪(first-degree murder)是指非法施行殺人行為且兼具“殺人之意圖”及“事先預(yù)謀計(jì)劃”者。二級謀殺罪(second-degree murder)是指有殺人的故意而其殺人行為并非經(jīng)預(yù)謀或計(jì)劃，且非出于義憤者。