‘Stop following’: 911 dispatcher begged couple to end chase — but husband allegedly kept firing until he shot passenger in the head in horrifying road rage killing near Columbine High School

A 911 dispatcher reportedly urged a Colorado couple to stop pursuing another vehicle during a road rage incident. However, prosecutors allege the husband continued the chase and fired several shots into the pickup truck, striking a passenger in the head near Columbine High School.

Steven Cole Simpson, 25, was arrested last week and faces charges of first-degree murder after deliberation and attempted first-degree murder after deliberation in connection with the death of 23-year-old Andrew Luke Bott.

His wife, 26-year-old Corryn Simpson, has also been charged as an accessory to first-degree murder (perLaw & Crime).

The confrontation began shortly after 10:30 p.m. on July 25, when the couple’s white BMW X5 collided with a Ford F-150 on southbound Santa Fe Drive near Arapahoe Community College in unincorporated Jefferson County. The pickup, which was carrying Bott, left the area after the crash, according to a news release from the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office…

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