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MILWAUKEE POLICE GATHERED FRIDAY EVENING AT 51‘ST AND CAPITOL, TRYING TO LEARN WHAT LED TO GUNFIRE AND DEATH. 46-YEAR-OLD TRACEY SMITH, A SERGEANT WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WAS KILLED SHOT TO DEATH FOLLOWING MINOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. >> I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I DO KNOW ONE THING, THE WAY MY DAUGHTER LOST HER LIFE, IT WASN’T RIGHT. IT AIN’T RIGHT. NICK: SMITH’S FATHER SAYS SHE WAS TEACHING HER 17-YEAR-OLD SON TO DRIVE WHEN ANOTHER CAR HIT THEM AND SHE WAS SHOT AS SHE TALKED TO THE OTHER DRIVER. HE BLAMES IT ON RECKLESS DRIVING AND ROAD RAGE. HER SON TRIED TO HELP HIS MOM, -- >> YOU KNOW HOW THESE PEOPLE ACT. MY DAUGHTER SHOULDN’T HAVE LOST HER LIFE LIKE THAT. NICK: HER SON TRIED TO HELP HIS MOM, DRIVING HER TO THE HOSPITAL BUT SHE DIED. THE SHOOTER DROVE OFF BUT POLICE LATER MADE AN ARREST >> SHE KNEW HOW TO TREAT PEOPLE, HOW TO TALK TO PEOPLE. >> POLICE ARE NOT SHARING MANY SPECIFICS FOR THE ACCUSED SHOOTER? >> THEY DO SAY HE HAS A 35-YEAR-OLD MAN AND IS IN CUST

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Prosecutors charged the man they say shot and killed a Milwaukee mother in a road rage incident with first-degree intentional homicide. They say Matthew Wilks, 35, shot Tracey Smith in front of her 17-year-old son Friday night at 51st Street and Capitol Drive.Police said Smith, a sergeant with the State Department of Corrections, was teaching her son to drive when Wilks hit them."I don't know what to say, but I know one thing, the way my daughter lost her life. it wasn't right. It ain't right," said Ollie Luckett, the victim’s father. According to the criminal complaint, Smith and her son were waiting to make a left turn at the intersection when Wilks cut into their lane, hitting their car. Her son said when Smith talked to the driver, he threatened to kill her and then shot her in the chest. Luckett blamed the shooting on reckless driving and road rage."You know how it is on these streets. You probably ride it. You know how these people are acting. It's ridiculous. My daughter shouldn't have lost her life like that," Luckett said. Her son tried to help his mom, driving her to a hospital, but she died. The shooter drove off, but police later arrested Wilks."She was a beautiful person. She knew how to treat people. She knew how to talk to people. She was wonderful. That was my oldest daughter. And I wish you knew how I feel," Luckett said.