Jarrod Pardun Murdered Steven Thurston In Road Rage Incident
July 21, 2009 by Morbid
CRESWELL, Oregon – Well, here is another neighborhood road rage incident in which one neighbor was telling another neighbor that they need to slow down while driving through the neighborhood and ends up paying for it with his life. On Saturday morning, Steven Thurston, 59, got into an altercation with Jarrod Pardun, 28 over his reckless driving down their street. As Pardun drove by, Thurston yelled something at him. Pardun did a U-turn and the two got into a verbal altercation that ended when Pardun used a shotgun to shoot Thurston while he stood in his front yard.
A neighbor who lives across the street heard the gunshot and looked out in time to see Thurston hit the ground. “I heard him scream he was shot and dial 911. So I just immediately called 911.” But it wouldn’t matter as he was pronounced dead at the hospital. One neighbor stated that Thurston fell in the same spot where he would often be seen playing with a young child on a spread out blanket. Going by this report that stated “The little girl had said that daddy’s shot,” I am assuming the child in question was the man’s daughter.
The two men had gotten into altercations before over Pardun’s driving and even other neighbor’s had asked for Pardun to slow down. Pardun lived only three blocks from the shooting and has only had brushes with the law stemming from his non-payment of child support. He was arrested at his home without incident, booked in the Lane County Jail, charged with intentional murder. That’s some shit, huh? One minute you are out watering your grass or washing your car on a SaturdaySaturday reviews
morning, and the next some fucking retard with a shotgun kills you in your yard in front of your kid.
I suffer from a bit of road rage. Ask anyone who is on the phone with me while I am driving. But I remember following this guy after he cut me off. I routinely cuss at or flip-off other motorists who inconvenienced me, but when I was younger I would follow people to really give them the business. I followed him thinking it would go like they all go, with us trading insults back-and-forth before going our separate ways. He ended up pulling into a side street and stopping. As his door opened, I opened mine, already mentally coming up with new variations of the word “cocksucker”, but he came out with a pistol drawn.
I’m sure I felt like this guy did the seconds before he got shot, but luckily this guy didn’t say or do anything at all aside from standing there pointing a fucking pistol at me as I stood frozen half-in, half-out of my car. It was almost comedic as I slowly slid back into my vehicle and then got the hell out of there. But I learned my lesson. People are NUTS.
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11:46 am on July 21st, 2009
Geez. I actually stood next to a car taking up two parking spaces at the grocery store waiting for them to come out so I could tell them what douchebags they were.
I guess its a good thing I was in a hurry and decided to just key it instead.
12:11 pm on July 21st, 2009
LOL
12:15 pm on July 21st, 2009
Well, lol, yes. You never know who you’re dealing with or where that rage ends up. Kids and pets, I fear.
Nice write up, Morbid, as usual.
12:20 pm on July 21st, 2009
This is why I get pissed at my hubby when he flips off people and yells at them with me and the kids in the car. You never know what someone might do…
12:46 pm on July 21st, 2009
LMAO.
I’ve had a couple of road rage incidents, but weapons were never involved. Probably because my targets are largely young females. Bitches drive like there’s no one else on the road. I thoroughly enjoy scaring some consideration into them.
That said, these days, you’re just not smart if you’re the type to get out of the car to accost another driver. Way too many people get seriously injured or killed doing that to justify such recklessness.
1:01 pm on July 21st, 2009
Yeah I’ll yell or flip someone off, but I try not to do it with my daughter in my car and I never get out. I’ve calmed down a lot, but damn you still just don’t expect your neighbor to shoot you because you told him to stop being a dumb ass. Why should you live in fear of your child being hurt/run over by a speeding/reckless driver. Come on peple duke it out like the good ole days!
2:14 pm on July 21st, 2009
i’m scairt of y’all. i may as well confess that i’m probably the reason for your road rage. i drive slow. yeah, it’s me. i suck.
9:20 pm on July 21st, 2009
Video added, thanks Harley.
1:20 am on July 22nd, 2009
WTF did he have a shotgun in his car in the first place? I’m not a gun person and wasn’t raised in a gun household, so I have to plead ignorance. Is this standard operating procedure for folks? It seems creepy to me.
This crazy bastard needs some meds, therapy, and a nice long sentence. Pardun needs some time to consider whether making a comment about someone’s driving habits should really be punishable by the death penalty, which is pretty much what he decided for Thurston.
3:08 pm on July 22nd, 2009
People are NUTS.
Yes, they sure as shit are. Kinda like my father. He’s always had really horrible road rage… and just rage in general. Well, one day he was driving like a dick and riding this guy’s ass because he was only going like five over the speed limit. That wasn’t fast enough for my pops,so he did that for miles until we reached a red light. Mind you, my sister and I are like seven and five at time. So we’re at this red light, and the guy ahead of us gets out of his car, walks over to my father’s open window, and punches him square in the face. Thankfully, the guy was already back in the car and proceeding through the green light when my father realized that he just got knocked the fuck out.
Here’s an idea: how about all the hot-headed assholes THAT CARRY LOADED FUCKING SHOTGUNS IN THEIR TRUCKS stay the hell off the road if they can’t play nice with the general populous. That goes for all the pains in the asses that drive and talk on their stupid ass cellphones too…
1:38 pm on July 23rd, 2009
Yeah, WTH is that retard need a loaded shotty for driving in the neighborhood? And how many times does that fuckwit need to hear everyone else advising him to slow down?
Well, he proved he’s not gonna take any shit from no godam nosy neighbors! I bet he’ll get plenty of lovin’ in the slammer though.
4:13 pm on August 5th, 2009
I grew up with Jarrod and I have to say that I am not surprised. He was constantly in fights when we were young kids and he was always the first one to throw a punch. It is really sad to see that he continued down the same path. My heart goes out to the poor family who lost their son/father/spouse.
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