Police say man shot female drivers because they are ‘incompetent’

Nicholas Dagostino hated female drivers, authorities say, so much so that he shot them while they were driving.

Police in Texas linked Dagostino to two recent shootings in which women said they were shot in the arm. Both incidents happened in broad daylight, within a few miles of each other in the Katy area of Harris County, west of Houston. And both involved a suspect — Dagostino — who claimed he shot the women in self-defense, according to criminal complaints.

But social media ramblings indicate that Dagostino “held a very dim view of women,” believed female drivers are “incompetent,” and that their sole purpose “is to give birth to male children,” investigators wrote in court documents.

Dagostino, 29, is facing two felony charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

His defense attorney, Kenneth Mingledorff, said that statements police made about Dagostino’s hatred against women are merely assumptions.

“There’s a lot being said. Nobody knows that for a fact,” Mingledorff told the Washington Post on Saturday. “I’ve seen no evidence of that at all. A lot of assumptions are being made, and we’ll work through all that.”

He added that his client needs psychological help, though he did not elaborate further.

“We’re very sorry for the people involved,” Mingledorff said, referring to the injured women. “[Dagostino’s] family wants them to know that they’re concerned about them and we’re going to do what we can to make sure that this never happens again.”