This photo provided Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015 by the Lansing, Mich., Police Department shows Grant Taylor, 22, of Lansing, Mich. Taylor was charged with murder Thursday in the hit-and-run death of a Michigan firefighter who authorities say was deliberately struck by Tayor's pickup truck as he collected money for charity. (Lansing Police Department via AP) (The Associated Press)
LANSING, Mich. – Court records show a motorist accused of deliberately and fatally striking a firefighter told police he was angry with the firefighters collecting money for charity and slowing traffic.
The Lansing State Journal reports (http://on.lsj.com/1Mn8go3 ) Monday that Grant Taylor told officers during an interview that he expressed his anger with firefighters last Wednesday on a Lansing street.
He added that their response to his frustrations didn't satisfy him. He said he drove away, then turn around and hit Dennis Rodeman — a firefighter involved in the conversation.
The 35-year-old firefighter was participating in a fundraising campaign for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and International Association of Firefighters.
The 22-year-old Taylor was charged Thursday with murder.
The Associated Press left a message for defense attorney Stacia Buchanan seeking comment about the allegations.
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