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Benjamin Merritt

Case from Fenton, MO dated Nov 10, 2023

Victim Details

Benjamin Merritt

Male

White / Caucasian

Fenton

MO

2023-11-10

34

Benjamin

Merritt

07/10/2026

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Benjamin Merritt was a 34-year-old white man whose Friday morning began like countless other commutes—until it ended in violence along northbound Highway 141 near Gravois Bluffs Boulevard in Fenton, Missouri. Investigators and local reporting describe a road-rage dispute between Merritt and another driver that escalated after both vehicles stopped in the roadway. Police were dispatched around 8:10 a.m. after a call about a traffic hazard and arrived to find multiple vehicles pulled over and a ...
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  • FOX 2: Victims identified in St. Louis County road rage and business shootings
  • Leader Publications: Motorist shot and killed on Hwy. 141 in apparent road-rage incident
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