Acen King
Acen King
Acen King was a 3-year-old toddler from Little Rock, AR. [13]
Personal Life
Acen King land his grandmother Kim King-Macon lived in Little Rock, AR. [10]
Shooting
On December 17, 2016 Acen King was fatally shot by Gary Holmes in a road rage incident, with his grandmother Kim King-Macon was driving with Acen and a one-year-old. The shooting happened after another motorist became enraged that Kim was driving too slow. The shooting occurred nearby a JC Penny store in Little Rock. [13]
Kim King-Macon, 47, was driving her three-year-old grandson Acen King and a one-year-old in her Dodge Charger when she slowed for a stop sign. A nearby driver, described as a tall black male becam angry and began honking his horn at her when she legally stopped. [7]
King-Macon honked back at the male driver, who then got out of his car, a black Chevrolet Impala, and fired one shot into the grandmother’s vehicle which hit Acen King and later killed him. [10]
King-Macon did not know where the bullet had hit and drove off from her attacker and went a shot distance to a car park of the nearby JC Penney department store where she had planned to take her grandchild, police stated in a report.
It was only when she stopped her car did she realize her three-year-old grandson had been shot.
Acen King was rushed to hospital by MEMS where he was pronounced dead.
Suspect
On December 22, 2016, Gary Holmes was taken into custody in connection to Acen's death. [3]