Forty-eight seconds on a Phoenix street cost Larry Milligan his life. Now, his family is stepping up to a microphone and asking Valley drivers to cool down before another split-second encounter turns deadly.
The family of Milligan will speak publicly for the first time Friday morning, urging drivers to de-escalate after a 2020 road-rage shooting that killed him in central Phoenix. Milligan was shot while driving on Seventh Avenue near Interstate 17 in September 2020, an encounter prosecutors say lasted only seconds. The man convicted in the killing, Steven Orona, was later found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.
As reported by Arizona’s Family, Milligan’s relatives will hold a 9 a.m. event Friday that the station will stream live on its article page and the AZF+ app. The family says it wants to warn other drivers and encourage calmer responses when tensions flare on the road. The prosecutor who handled the case is also scheduled to speak at the event…