A man who was illegally carrying a loaded gun killed 29-year-old Diante Craig on Chestnut Street in Berkeley after a road-rage incident on University Avenue in March 2020. Craig worked at the San Lorenzo Library and had his little sister with him in the car.
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The killer had a chance to leave but "chose to escalate traffic conflict to murder," the judge said Friday.
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"At least we have some closure and we feel like some justice has been served," Diante Craig's mother told The Berkeley Scanner.
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Witness testimony has continued this week in the trial of a Berkeley "road rage murder" case from March 2020.
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During a brief confrontation on Chestnut Street, Hosea Askew got out of his car and shot Diante Craig once through Craig's open driver's side window.