By JIM BUTLER

Michael Grossie apparently thought he could calm an upset teenager brandishing a pistol. Sadly, he was wrong. 

Grossie, 27, died this week, unable to recover from being shot in the face. The teen, Trayton Tyson, 17, shot himself after mortally wounding Grossie, authorities said. He has also died. 

The incident unfolded shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday on the parking lot of a convenience store at Hwy. 28 West and St. Clair Road. 

According to authorities and witnesses, two vehicles entered and parked on the parking lot of the store and a disturbance occurred between Tyson, his mother, and a female friend.

Bystanders separated the mother and son during the first altercation and at that point, all parties involved appeared to be calm.  

But shortly thereafter a second disturbance occurred between the juvenile, his mother, and friend.  

At that point, witnesses told deputies, the teenager armed himself with a pistol from one of the vehicles. 

Grossie, pulling through the parking lot, stopped to see what was occurring, offering to render assistance.

As the mother appeared to be pleading with her son to put the pistol down, he fired one round, striking Grossie.

Tyson then shot himself. 

The tragedy is the second this month at the intersection. 

In the first a Shreveport woman was killed when the vehicle she was a passenger in turned and was struck by an oncoming vehicle. 

Due to a series of violent accidents, area residents have several times sought changes in the intersection configuration, as yet to no avail. 

Hwy 28 West & St. Clair: Shots fired

Fatal accident at 28 West and St. Clair Road