By Steve Neavling
A retired DEA agent who shot another man during a road-rage encounter in Florida is now facing a charge of second-degree murder with a firearm.
Bradley Sosnowsky, who was a DEA special agent from 1999 to 2014 and a Secret Service special agent from 1995 to 1999, was originally charged with aggravated battery with a firearm and discharging a firearm from a vehicle.
The new charge comes after the alleged victim, Thomas Vanatwerp, died in September, Fox 29 reports.
After the shooting, Vantatwerp was hospitalized and in critical condition with a gunshot wound in his upper left chest.
The incident occurred at about 3:45 p.m. on Aug. 1 as Sosnowsky’s car and another vehicle exited Interstate 95 at Boynton Beach Boulevard in Boynton Beach.
Their cars were stopped at a red light when Sosnowsky told police that he shot Vantatwerp in self-defense.
But prosecutors say video of the incident tells another story: The 67-year-old driver made no threats and didn’t have a weapon.
Sosnowsky posted bond on Aug. 5 and is awaiting a trial.
