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Weeks after a Harrisburg man was shot and killed in a road rage incident, his father is reacting

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Three weeks after a Harrisburg man was shot and killed in a driving aggression incident, his father is reacting to the prosecutor’s decision not to file charges against his killer. It was June 23, according to Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo, when 52-year-old Paul Kattouf was yelling at another car about a traffic matter and the driver of that car called 9-1-1 to report a driving aggression incident; that’s when things turned deadly. “To me, they outright provoked the confrontation,” said Paul’s father, Theodore Kattouf. Chardo said in a statement that Paul probably thought he was being chased onto State Street as he approached the other car, in which a pregnant woman was driving her boyfriend and 7-year-old daughter. Chardo also said Paul sprayed the interior of the car with pepper spray, and then the man in the passenger seat fired one shot into Paul’s heart and lungs, killing him in the process. “When I met with Fran Chardo on Friday, he actually said pepper spray can be a deadly weapon, and I thought to myself, in what universe is pepper spray a deadly weapon, women all over the world carry tear gas and pepper spray to protect themselves,” Theodore said. Theodore is angry that his son’s killer will not face justice. “I and my family feel like Paul and justice have been cheated here. Not because we insist this guy be convicted and found guilty, but because he was never put in front of a jury and let the jury decide the case,” Theodore said. Ted says Paul spent his entire life in Harrisburg working with autistic children, but never married or had children of his own. “This is a man who dedicated his life for 20 years to the children he worked with,” Theodore said. In the other car, the driver was pregnant in her third trimester, her boyfriend was in the passenger seat and her 7-year-old daughter was in the back seat. Theodore says just because the shooter has a family doesn’t mean he shouldn’t face charges. “I don’t think there’s a law that says that just because someone has a family or dependents, it’s the prosecutor’s job to say, ‘Well, it’s understandable that deadly force was used,’ and that it was used almost immediately,” Theodore said.

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. —

Three weeks after a Harrisburg man was shot and killed in a driving rage incident, his father is reacting to the district attorney’s decision not to file charges against his killer.

It was June 23 when, according to Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo, 52-year-old Paul Kattouf yelled at another car over a traffic issue and the driver of that car called 9-1-1 to report an incident of road rage, then a deadly situation ensued.

“For me, they practically provoked the confrontation,” said Paul’s father, Theodore Kattouf.

In a statement, Chardo said Paul probably thought he was being followed to State Street as he approached the other car, which was carrying a pregnant woman who was driving her boyfriend and seven-year-old daughter.

Chardo also said Paul sprayed the interior of the car with pepper spray, after which the man in the passenger seat fired a shot into Paul’s heart and lungs, killing him.

“When I met Fran Chardo on Friday, he actually said, ‘Well, you know, pepper spray can be a deadly weapon,’ and I thought to myself, ‘In what universe is pepper spray a deadly weapon? Women all over the world carry tear gas and pepper spray to protect themselves,'” Theodore said.

Theodore is angry because his son’s murderer is not brought to justice.

“I and my family feel that Paul and the justice system have been cheated here. Not because we insist that this guy be convicted and found guilty, but because he was never put before a jury and the jury was never allowed to decide the case,” Theodore said.

Ted says Paul spent his entire life in Harrisburg working with autistic children, but never married or had children of his own.

“This is a man who dedicated 20 years of his life to the children he worked with,” Theodore said.

In the other car, the driver was in her third trimester of pregnancy, her boyfriend was in the passenger seat and her seven-year-old daughter was in the back seat.

Theodore says just because the shooter has a family doesn’t mean he shouldn’t face charges.

“I don’t think there’s a law that allows the prosecutor to say, ‘Well, it’s understandable that deadly force was used,’ just because you have family or loved ones and they used that force almost immediately,” Theodore said.

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