Nashville man killed in Memphis road rage incident
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police are looking for the person responsible for shooting a Nashville man during a road rage incident in Raleigh Monday night.
Police confirmed that Frank Platt, 74, was shot during a road rage incident on Coleman Road just before 8 p.m. He was taken to the hospital but unfortunately did not survive.
“We were always able to converse in multiple ways, but it always came down to we’re drinking Miller Lite together,” Platt’s friend, Greg ‘Woody’ Wood said.
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Platt’s loved ones described him as a fun-loving community leader who loved to travel.
Friends like Wood said to know Platt was to love him.
Frank’s brother, Malcolm, described him as an optimist who was one of a kind and always found the good in people.
In fact, Malcolm said that’s what one of their last conversations was about.
“I told him that I wish that I shared his faith in humanity, but I don’t,” Malcolm Platt said. “And if he wasn’t careful, he was going to end up dead, and that happened.
Memphis Police are remaining tight-lipped about the shooting, but they do confirm that it stemmed from road rage.
Malcolm said that Frank was visiting from Nashville and that he and his older brother, Michael, had just left home.
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He told WREG that a car came speeding around them in the bike lane, so they honked the horn at the driver.
“Frank and Michael pulled up next to him. He stuck the barrel of an AR-15, I assume, out of the window and fired off three rounds,” Malcolm Platt said. “One of them struck my brother and killed him.”
As of Tuesday night, the driver is still on the run, leaving Frank’s loved ones devastated and angry at the senseless violence that’s impacting the community.
“We need to change this evil, and we need to make it better. This is not about gun control, this is about the education of young people to understand that life is precious. This is all we have,” Wood said.
The family believes the shooter was driving a dark or silver-colored Chevy.
“If you have any compassion in your soul at all if you have a relative that you hold dear that you don’t want to see become another statistic in this city, and you know something about this individual, speak up,” Malcolm Platt said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 901-528-CASH.
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