New York City police charged a man with murder after a U.S. Navy veteran was shot and killed during an alleged road rage incident in the Bronx. 

Michael Aracena, 20, also faces manslaughter and a weapon charge following his arrest for the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Keino Campbell in Eastchester. 

Navy veteran shot 3 times inside car, NYPD says

Campbell was shot and killed along the intersection of Givan Avenue and Palmer Avenue in the Bronx on Saturday. Investigators said he was shot in the chest three times inside his gray 2012 Infiniti sedan.

Investigators said it was a case of road rage, though police did not give further details about the circumstances that led to Campbell's death and Aracena's arrest. 

Suzette Thomas, his mother, said Campbell was shot while leaving a car show and heading to his sister's house. 

"I want people to remember my son as a humble person, one to do the best for the world," she said. "He's always there for his siblings, anyone he comes across."   

Thomas and Vermaline McCracon, Campbell's aunt, said he had so much life ahead of him and planned to attend school next month to become a mechanical engineer.

"My son finally realized what he wanted to do. He said he could open up his own business, because he doesn't want his family in poverty," Thomas said through tears. "And then all of this happening now, it's just too much."

She described the last time she spoke to her son, hours before he was killed.

"He said that's all right, I'm gonna go and see you tomorrow. That I could cook him some Oxtails," she said. 

Family devastated

Campbell's family now wants big changes when it comes to gun laws and violence, and more extracurricular activities for children and young adults to expose them to better lifestyles away from the streets. 

"Gun violence has to stop, it's not just him," Campbell's father said. "I wish the shooter could have took a better approach and think more before he uses his weapon." 

"They took a life, what was meant to make the world better. They just took it out and now it's just pure darkness for me," his mother said. 

McCracon said her nephew was very generous, smart and funny, and that he was a peacemaker who didn't like confrontations.  

"That's why this is so hard for us, because we couldn't imagine that someone would take him from us, because he doesn't put himself in positions to be taken from us," she said. 

Campbell's friends and family planned to gather for a vigil honoring him Monday night on Grace Avenue. 

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