The man killed Tuesday in a Douglas County road rage shooting had exited his car and was reaching into the suspect’s vehicle, allegedly punching him, when he was shot, according to court records.

Parker police responded to the shooting at Twenty Mile Road and Longs Way, near Railbender Skate & Tennis Park, just after 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

When officers arrived, they found a gray sedan stopped on northbound Twenty Mile, with a man slumped on the ground outside the open door, police wrote in court documents.

The victim, identified as 25-year-old Carl John Cooper, was dead , police said.

Matthew Littlefield, 27, was arrested roughly 2 1/2 hours after the shooting on suspicion of second-degree murder, according to court records.

A witness who was at the intersection when the shooting happ

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