Woman, 37, shot in head, killed in Hurst road rage incident
HURST, Texas - A 37-year-old woman is dead after an apparent road rage incident in Hurst on Monday night.
Police have a vague description of a vehicle to work with, and they're looking for tips.
Paola Nunez Linares was on her way to work with her husband when it happened.
The two had just gotten married last year. She had just received her green card, and now her family is planning a funeral for her in Guatemala.
The victim’s family is pleading for anyone who saw something along Loop 820 and Hurst Boulevard around 9 p.m. Monday night to come forward. The family says any piece of information is helpful.
Love is what brought Paola Nunez Linares to the United States. She was originally from Guatemala and married Zane Jones last year.
"Everybody loves somebody. Everybody is loved by somebody, but I love Paola," he said.
"She was truly happy. Truly, truly happy living here. But it came to an end unfortunately," said her mother, Ana Linares.
Police say Nunez Linares was killed in a road rage shooting Monday night. Jones was driving the car when it happened.
"We headed to work. It’s about a 20-minute drive. We get on 820 North. We’re almost to the Highway 10 exit, which is where we work," he recalled.
Jones says he and his wife were on the way to their night shift at Kelly-Moore Paints. He told FOX 4 as he was passing one car, another car sped up behind him.
"I completed the pass. I got into the right lane, and he started to zoom past me," he recalled. "But then he leveled off when he got to me, and he like moved over, like pushing me but not touching me because I moved over too."
Jones says he flipped off the other driver, something he says his wife always warned him not to do.
"I looked over at him when I did it, and I thought he was flipping me off too. But it turns out he was holding the gun," he said. "He slowed down until we were about like that, and he shot through my back left window and hit my wife in the back of the head."
Jones says the driver fired at least three times into their minivan. He pulled off the highway and called 9-1-1. Paramedics came to take her to the hospital, but it was too late.
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The bullet went through the passenger compartment of the car and hit the victim in the left hand.
"She’s the most innocent victim," he said.
Police have a vague description of the shooter’s car. All they can say is it’s an older model, small and dark-colored.
Jones believes other drivers may have gotten a better look.
"Report what you saw. People saw things. There were cars all over 820 North. I was there," he said.
Until that information comes out, Jones wants people to know who his wife was: his other half, the most special person in his life, someone who acted as a step-mom to his kids, who was full of love.
"She’s not just some woman who got killed on the highway. She’s exceptional. She’s exceptional in every way," he said.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the Hurst Police Department.