People v. Walker CA4/3

FACTS

On November 24, 2022, after eating Thanksgiving dinner with family, Walker, his girlfriend, and their three-year-old son headed to the beach in their truck, with Walker driving. Their son wanted to eat at a fast-food restaurant, so Walker drove to three different fast-food restaurants. Each was closed. As he was exiting the third restaurant parking lot, a tan truck pulled around Walker’s truck. Walker thought the tan truck hit his truck as it passed.2 Walker yelled, “These mother fuckers just hit my truck” and grabbed a gun from the center console of his truck. Walker’s girlfriend pleaded with him to put the gun away and drive home. He did not listen. Instead, Walker followed the tan truck he thought had hit him. When the tan truck stopped at a light, Walker got out of his truck and knocked on the driver’s window of the tan truck. The tan truck kept its window up and drove on when the light changed. Walker returned to his truck and continued his pursuit. His girlfriend continued to plead with Walker to just drive home. Both trucks were driving slowly, and the tan truck was making no attempt to escape Walker’s pursuit. There were six men in the tan truck: Lucas…