Road rage aggressor was killed in self-defense, DA says. No charges will be filed.

A driver involved in a road rage attack earlier this month was justified in killing his attacker, the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office says.

No charges will be filed against the killer of 35-year-old Tamir Johnson, District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan said in a news release Monday.

Johnson, of Whitehall Township, allegedly struck the driver’s side door of a Toyota Prius with a metal baseball bat during a road rage incident about 3:35 a.m. July 6 at South Fifth and Hamilton streets in Allentown. The driver of the Prius shot Johnson because he feared for his life, investigators determined…

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