On the evening of May 17, 2022, a road-rage incident in Lawrence, Kansas, escalated into a fatal shooting that left two men dead, including 53-year-old White/Caucasian male Monty Ray Amick. The altercation began near the intersection of 23rd and Harper streets and continued for several blocks. The dispute reportedly started when Amick made a comment about the loud exhaust on a truck in which 22-year-old Zachary Michael Sutton was a passenger.
The conflict, marked by aggressive driving
and verbal exchanges, culminated in the parking lot of a Hy-Vee grocery store on Clinton Parkway. There, Amick, the sole occupant of his Nissan XTerra, and Sutton, a passenger in a Ford F-150, parked their vehicles facing each other. Both men exited their vehicles armed with handguns and fired at one another. The exchange of gunfire proved fatal for both.
Police were dispatched to the scene at approximately 9:41 p.m. Upon arrival, they found one man deceased, and the other, Monty Ray Amick, critically injured. Amick was transported to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Sutton was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators recovered two handguns from the parking lot.
The Lawrence Police Department investigated the shooting, interviewing the other two occupants of the Ford F-150 and reviewing surveillance footage from nearby businesses. Following the investigation, authorities announced that no criminal charges were expected to be filed in connection with the deaths, as both armed individuals involved in the shooting were deceased.
