Both the man accused of murdering a Livingston County man during a road-rage incident and his alleged victim were involved in previous similar — but not deadly — cases and other brushes with the law, according to police reports obtained by Lisa Roose-Church for Gannett Michigan.
Martin Zale, 69, of Howell, charged with open murder and related firearms charges in the Sept. 2 fatal shooting of Derek Flemming, left, near Howell, wrote in a November 2008 statement for the Livonia Police Department that he thought another motorist "was about to swing at me" during an argument after an alleged road rage incident there.
Flemming of Oceola Township allegedly threatened in 2012 to shoot Enbridge Energy workers or "anyone" who came on his property, according to police reports obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.
The 43-year-old father of two also was a victim in a 2013 road rage incident, according to the reports.
